LOS ANGELES – Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about batteries. They fit the product or they don’t; they work or they don’t. Other than that, folks just don’t ruminate on their portable power supplies — or they didn’t until Samsung’s phone-meltdown debacle last...

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...

LOS ANGELES – A group of 12 artists demonstrate their decidedly offbeat creativity in an online exhibition with only one rule: Each piece must feature a specific sex toy. Eight of the nine pieces on display so far are sculpture; one is performance art. The work of three...

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...

HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. – CalExotics’ new Krōma collection gives the bullet vibrator a trendy new look while maintaining its classic convenience. With a high-shine metallic coating and angled diamond-shaped tip, the discreet toy is the perfect size for a purse or pocket. Operated by one...

SWITZERLAND – Although Terpon doesn’t plan to launch its revolutionary 3D virtual-reality webcam until April, suddenly the company is on everyone’s radar. Within the past week, Terpon has signed deals with two major platforms independent cam models use to interact with their...

MONTREAL – Deep within a recent article about Pornhub’s new sexual education efforts — a possibly Quixotic effort that is a rich subject for an article all its own — lies an eyebrow-raising claim that says it all when it comes to the deep, fundamental cluelessness writers working...

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – Relaxation. Euphoria. Tingling. These are the words used to describe the result of an Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR, trigger. The newly acknowledged phenomenon can evoke responses some call a “brain orgasm.” ASMR stimuli include auditory,...