The rapid commercial and technological development of China's sextech market is generating a set of ethical, regulatory, and social questions that are increasingly shaping the boundaries within which the industry can operate, the standards it must meet, and the trust relationship it must cultivate with consumers whose intimate data, health information, and personal vulnerabilities are engaged...

Digital platform discrimination against sexual wellness technology products, applications, and advertising represents one of the most consequential and persistent structural barriers to the SexTech market reaching its full commercial potential and public health impact, with inconsistent, often opaque content policies at major technology distribution platforms including app stores, social media...

Long-distance relationships are reaching a new level of physical connection in 2026, thanks to the explosion of "Teledildonics" and high-fidelity haptic syncing. The latest innovation this year is "Contextual Haptics," where wearable devices can mimic the subtle warmth and pressure of a partner's touch, synchronized perfectly through encrypted cloud networks. This technology is moving beyond...