Paul Butler tests and demonstrates the flexibility of encoding hidden messages within Unicode characters, including emoji.

Using variation selectors, you can conceal messages of arbitrary length within emoji, or indeed any unicode character. "To be ...

Once reserved for romantic partners and other loved ones, the heart emoji can now mean anything—which means it has no meaning ...

It now seems likely that Apple is gearing up to roll out its next beta, this time designed to offer significant improvements ...

Since the launch of the emoji, the Eagles have made the playoffs in seven of the last eight seasons and now head into their third Super Bowl appearance.