- “Apps like Tinder, Grindr and Happn are linked to a rise in STI’s that led one NHS clinic to set up what they claim is Britain’s only service offering sexual health support for app users. The 56 Dean Street sexual health clinic in Soho, part of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, incredibly sees around 13,000 people each month.”
There’s now a sexual health clinic for Tinder users (Get West London)
- “The latest HIV prevention effort could see women taking protection into their own hands. The Dapivirine Ring works by dispensing an anti-HIV drug into the vagina. Inserted in similar fashion to the vaginal ring some women use for contraception, the device would protect women for a month against the virus before being replaced. Dubbed the ASPIRE trial, the research revealed the ring reduced the risk of HIV infection by 27 per cent of the total population and ny 61 per cent in women aged 25 and older.”
Women may soon be able to prevent HIV with a vaginal ring, say experts (Express UK)
- “T-Mobile announced that it was adding a number of new content providers to its Binge On initiative. The blog post announcing the new additions, which included YouTube and Google Play Movies, listed a number of services by name before mentioning “and others.” MiKandi Theater subscribers can now take advantage of Binge On, making the most of the $20 monthly membership while on the go.”
You can now binge on porn with T-Mobile’s Binge On (Engadget)
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- “Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (R) described him as “an outspoken advocate for ending human trafficking and prostitution.” As the prosecuting attorney for Ingham County, Michigan, since 1997, Stuart Dunnings III spend decades helping to put people behind bars for commercial sexual activity. But at the same time, Dunnings was routinely hiring sex workers (and using his legal position to coerce women into sex).”
Zealous Anti-Prostitution Prosecutor Paid for Sex Hundreds of Times (Reason)
- “The Senate voted on Thursday to hold the classified advertising website Backpage.com (a favorite of the man in the above item, Stuart Dunnings) in civil contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena into how it screens ads for possible sex trafficking. Holding the company in contempt would allow the Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee to go to court to try to force Backpage.com to turn over documents about its screening practices.”
Senate votes to hold website in contempt over sex ads (Washington Post)
- The internet of shitty security strikes again. Anyone know which vibrator this was? “It’s not just computers and mobile phones that are vulnerable to cyber attack, according to software firm Trend Micro. To illustrate the point, Trend Micro spokesman Udo Schneider surprised journalists at a news conference last week (at CeBIT 2016) by placing a neon-pink vibrator in front of him and controlling it to life via his laptop.”
How to hack a sex toy: tech firms warn public on growing cyber-risks (Reuters)
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