When it comes to sex toys, maybe the “stuffy British” aren’t so stuffy after all. A new study suggests U.K. residents fall only slightly behind the Danish and the Swedish when it comes to shopping for sex toys online. The research, conducted by U.K. discount aggregator...

OTTAWA – There are certain subjects that stymie scientific examination not due to their complexity or because they have an innately opaque nature, but because the realities of non-scientific fields (like the law, for example) greatly complicate the process of setting up...

ISRAEL – Who says kids should have all the fun? In addition to the traditional King Jr. kids’ meals with the obligatory toy inside, on Valentine’s Day Burger King Israel will offer a special adults meal that contains a toy of a wholly different kind. The Adults Meal, available...

COSTA MESA, Calif. – When it comes to the basics of website and online brand maintenance, it appears some California politicians could use a remedial course. Specifically, someone needs to let these guys know if they want to continue to use any given domain names, it might not be...

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Senate’s Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee unanimously voted to move forward a bill that would allow residents of the state to sue adult website owners for causing physical or psychological harm to minors. Sponsored by Republican...

LONDON – Whatever the merits of requiring adult websites to verify the age of visitors, the question about how to meet the condition is more difficult and fraught with pitfalls than its proponents realize — or are willing to acknowledge publicly, at least. Looking at the...

BARCELONA – As a generally cynical person, I’m prone to look for ulterior motives behind things like public service campaigns initiated by individuals and companies, particularly when the goal or rhetoric of the campaign is something that might appear contrary to the financial...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – Folks do all sorts of things in the name of romance on Valentine’s Day. Few, however, go to the extent of gifting the object(s) of their desire with $50,000. Enter Flirt4Free, which plans to present more than $50,000 in cash and credits to models and...

MOSCOW – Russian censors on Tuesday blacklisted MindGeek website Brazzers.com, the third adult site the country has ordered ISPs to block in six months. The other two — PornHub.com and YouPorn.com, both “disappeared” by media watchdog Roskomnadzor in September 2016 — also belong...

CYPRUS – In 2008, I had a remarkable conversation with a marketing director from a major adult entertainment studio about a porn parody planned by his creative team but derailed by the company’s owner over what seemed to me a very unusual and unlikely concern. John McCain, then a...