A Colombian wearable sells out with no published decibel rating, four market-research firms can't agree on the industry's size within a hundred billion dollars, an unlocked server exposes 43 million private AI-girlfriend messages, Apple and Google keep "removed" nudify apps up until a city attorney makes them take them down, and a sex-toy CEO threatens the researchers who fixed his security bugs for free. Vera Sloane oversells it. Dex Marlowe hedges it. Every claim is real and cited.

Sources:

Colombia One: https://colombiaone.com/2026/05/23/colombian-female-intimate-wellness-brand/

Cybernews: https://cybernews.com/security/ai-girlfriend-app-leak-exposes-400k-users/

FTC: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/09/ftc-launches-inquiry-ai-chatbots-acting-companions

9to5Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/17/apple-ordered-to-remove-8-ai-nonconsensual-undressing-apps-from-the-app-store/

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/sex-toy-maker-lovense-threatens-legal-action-after-fixing-security-flaws-that-exposed-users-data/

Full receipts: https://www.meatwareafterdark.com/episodes/ep-01-ultra-silent