From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In a time where people are largely dressed down and masked up due to the coronavirus pandemic, Apple has responded by creating a new face mask emoji character with a more positive outlook. The most ...

Apple is giving its mask-wearing emoji an update: The keyboard character donning a medical face mask will be smiling under the face covering rather than frowning, according to the Emojipedia blog.

Nothing is immune to the impacts of COVID-19. Not even your emoji keyboard. Apple recently released a first look at the emojis in the next version of Apple iOS, which is always oddly exciting tech ...

(CNN) — Apple is turning the mask emoji frown upside down in an upcoming update to iOS. The mask emoji has typically been used to represent someone who is in the medical field or is sick. However, ...

Researchers from Cornell University have created an earphone system that can track a wearer's facial expressions even when they're wearing a mask. C-Face can monitor cheek contours and convert the ...

The perfect emoji speaks louder than words, but finding the right one among the more than 3,000 that exist can be difficult. Now a group of researchers discovered a new way to help people find the ...