A dozen icons depicting the experiences of people with disabilities are coming to smartphones and other devices later this year. The Unicode Consortium — the organization that standardizes the emoji ...

A slew of new icons representing everything from wheelchairs to service animals are coming to smartphones soon. Apple said it will add 59 emoji including many representing the disability experience to ...

We've come a long way from the yellow smiley face. The humble emoji, originally a set of basic symbols designed to add visual flair to text-based messages, has become a way for people to express their ...

Apple thinks it's high time to make even more inclusive emoji. In a March proposal, the tech company requested that Unicode Consortium — the organization responsible for our emoji — create characters ...

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 ...

‘Having accessibility and inclusion of all types be a priority in tech is a huge issue.’ ‘Having accessibility and inclusion of all types be a priority in tech is a huge issue.’ When Carrie Wade first ...

It was recently announced that 230 brand new emoji will be hitting our phones very soon, and among some of the new characters like a sloth and a waffle, there will now be 17 inclusive emoji to ...

More skin tones, more kinds of bodies and an emoji to symbolize menstruation are included in the new update. Also, a flamingo. We've come a long way from the yellow smiley face. The humble emoji, ...

A person with a white cane, an individual sitting in a motorized wheelchair, a prosthetic arm, someone signing the word "deaf." These are among the 13 variants of emoji to represent people with ...