Study after study has indicated the single largest share of internet users’ time is spent on social media. With the active population of social networks running into the hundreds of millions, it pays to think of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other hotspots as sales channels —...

CHICAGO – The Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago must pay a former employee $700,000 for firing her after she complained about another employee’s on-the-clock porn-watching habits. U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer awarded Lynn Sanchez $200,000 in compensatory damages and...

Sometimes fake news can be used for good. A group of six young Iraqi hackers this week sneaked porn and disinformation into online propaganda disseminated by the terrorist network Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS. The hacker group calls itself Daeshgram, a...

Google’s next-generation browser will prevent pages from automatically redirecting. Chrome 64, due in early 2018, also will prevent videos with sound from automatically playing, disable “play” and “pause” buttons that open a new window containing advertising and block transparent...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Cybersecurity experts in the U.S. and the U.K. warn the convergence of an ever-more-sophisticated threat landscape and cybersecurity ill-preparedness are hurtling information security toward the perfect cyberstorm. Cyber-risk consultancy RedSeal surveyed 600...

Twitter and Reddit lit up on Thursday with reports that a mobile app provided by smart-toy manufacturer Lovense recorded and stored ambient sounds when connected vibrators were in use. Over the weekend, the manufacturer solved the problem, which it attributed to a bug in the code...

SAN FRANCISCO – Twenty-five to 35 percent of the material on crowdfunding platform Patreon is adult content, according to figures released Friday by the Open Letter Working Group. The group is composed of adult content creators affected by Patreon’s recent decision to prohibit...

SAN FRANCISCO – Everybody just settle down. Twitter has not banned porn. The microblogging network merely clarified its terms of service to address some safety issues that, frankly, should’ve been addressed long ago. To recap: In late October, Twitter began updating its rules to...

Live cam site IsLive.com has tapped industry professional Mike de Jong to lead international expansion. De Jong, who will serve as managing director, formerly managed global business development for payment services provider Verotel. Previously, he headed the European sales team...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – After about a year leading the business development team at DatingGold, Eddie Kreider has returned to the business he loves: recruitment and professional job placement. On Nov. 6, Kreider will debut HotJobsAlert, a “boutique search firm” for the adult...