WASHINGTON – A federal appellate court on Wednesday handed victory to Playboy Entrprises Inc. and MindGeek SARL in a long-running dispute about an audio/video transmission patent for mobile devices. In its precedent-setting decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of...

LOS ANGELES – As much as I stand by the right of people who make and consume porn to think, write, depict and say a lot of things I personally find truly repulsive, there’s a difference between what people have the right to do and what it’s smart, wise or in the self-interest of...

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – Racially motivated hate crimes rose more than 20 percent in nine U.S. metropolitan areas last year, according to Brian Levin, director of the nonpartisan Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. Yet in 2015,...

NEW YORK – In a case that reaches back to the days of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his campaign to eliminate adult businesses from Times Square (among other places in the city), this week the New York State Court of Appeals upheld the city’s ban on adult businesses operating within...

MAMAIA, Romania – Women struck a blow for gender equality — at least in kart racing — June 6 during the YNOT Grand Prix’s Romanian debut. The official opening event for AWSummit fielded an equal number of female and male drivers — a first for the adult industry’s championship...

SPARKS, Nevada – Tantus’s new dildos, created for G-spot and P-spot (prostate) massage beginners, feature a “stepped” design with ridges that provides not only pleasure, but also education. The product works equally well in the hand or a harness. “We have specialized in dildos...

Each month, Pornhub — arguably the world’s most-visited adult website — rolls out an infographic of some sort based on its server statistics. Hip mainstream media hop all over the eye candy, analyzing and reanalyzing what the numbers may indicate about modern society....

MOSCOW – About 10 years ago, give or take, I participated in a panel discussion at an adult trade show when a man in the audience got worked up in a way I’ve rarely seen during one of these routine, generally tame Q&A sessions. In the middle of asking a leading question about...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – XR Brands has expanded its Strap U line of affordable harnesses and dildos to encompass a wider array of accessories aimed at first-time peggers. With two new harness designs and several premium silicone dildo designs to choose from, Strap U offers...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When former University of Florida deputy Title IX coordinator Chris Loschiavo was fired in 2016, the university initially justified his termination by claiming conflict of interest. This rationale was, as it turns out, somewhat less than half the story. The...