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Image Source : DYSON Dyson Dyson Ltd, the Asia-Pacific chief of British home appliance maker issued an apology to South Korean consumers on Wednesday. The apology was made after witnessing the rising number of complaints for poor handling of customer service in the country. Rob Webster, the head of Dyson's Asia-Pacific division, rolled out a statement in the…

The same day YouTube star Colleen Ballinger offered followers a singsong statement denying claims she groomed minor fans, her ex-husband said her flippant response to serious claims “was my reality.”YouTuber Joshua David Evans, who was married to the Miranda Sings personality from 2015 to 2016 after seven years of dating, broke his silence Wednesday in several tweets about his ex-wife’s allegations. In one Twitter post, Evans said his ex-wife — whom he did not name — did not take him seriously. “This behavior was my…

Internet personality Colleen Ballinger, known for her beloved Miranda Sings character, has responded to claims of inappropriate behavior with minor fans by singing a song. In recent weeks, Ballinger became the target of fellow YouTubers and former superfans who accused her of “grooming” them for labor, as well as allegedly making sexual jokes with minors in a group chat. As the allegations swirled, the “Haters Back Off!” actor, who is in the middle of a Miranda Sings tour, had stopped posting on her social media pages…

Beauty and skincare company VLCC is acquiring direct-to-consumer men’s grooming brand Ustraa through a combination of secondary buy-out and share swap, the company said on Friday . Post merger, VLCC will make further investments to accelerate the growth of Ustraa, a brand owned by Happily Unmarried Marketing, the company said in a press statement.The acquisition marks VLCC’s foray into specialised men's grooming and enhances new age digital commerce and product innovation capabilities for the platform, the company…

This week, Microsoft shared a new grooming detection technique, code name “Project Artemis,” by which online predators attempting to lure children for sexual purposes can be detected, addressed, and reported. Microsoft has been leveraging the technique in programs in its Xbox platform for several years. It's been developed in collaboration with The Meet Group, Roblox, Kik, and Thorn and will be made freely available via Thorn to qualified online service companies that offer a chat function. The development of this new…

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There were two things that hooked me when I first saw Palm Trees and Power Lines, an unnerving portrait of the grooming of a teenage girl, at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. First, that the film, which is finally getting limited and on-demand release this week in the US, was one of most evocative depictions of suburban adolescence that I’d seen – a languid summer of couch hangs and knobby knees, afternoon ice cream and sex jokes, a whole lot of lying around and talking about nothing. And second, that the portrayal of the…

Air India has recently introduced an extensive set of grooming guidelines for its male and female crew members. The rules lay emphasis on everything from the uniform and hair to the make-up of the crew, according to the Times of India.Also Read: Air India Announces New Meal Menu, Other Changes Flyers Will See in FlightsFor the female crew members, the detailed guidelines state that they must wear only gold or diamond round-shaped earrings with no design or ornamentation. The earrings should also not have pearls. Female…

At the height of his movie star fame, Warren Beatty was as much known for dating many of Hollywood’s most desirable women as he was acclaimed for his film roles, with one biographer estimating that Beatty had slept with close to 13,000 women in his life. Now, a dark side of Beatty’s womanizing may be emerging with a lawsuit filed against the 85-year-old “Bonnie and Clyde” star. A Louisiana woman has alleged that he coerced her into having sex with him in 1973, when she was 14 or 15 years old. Variety reported that…

Content Warning: this piece contains details of child predatory behaviour and online abuse. A new report has alleged that child predators use Twitch to target children using its streaming platform, and the company has now responded, calling the statistics “deeply upsetting”. The report, published by Bloomberg, alleges that 1,976 Twitch users exhibited “unusual patterns of behaviour” indicating that many of them primarily exist on Twitch in order to catalogue, watch and manipulate children using the streaming service. The…