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

Imagine sending a simple emoji in a text message—just a cheerful ... Hidden within the seemingly innocent characters of Unicode—like emojis—are opportunities for attackers to embed covert ...

In a nutshell: A recent blog post by software engineer Paul Butler has shed light on a novel technique for concealing data within Unicode characters, specifically emojis. The post explains the ...

Anyone can submit an idea for a new emoji. The Unicode Standard -- a universal character encoding standard -- is responsible ...

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

There are more than 40 emojis that use a heart (including the popular heart-eyes emoji). Don’t get too hung up on that number, though. Unicode, the body that decides which emojis are included in ...

Anyone can submit an idea for a new emoji. The Unicode Standard -- a universal character encoding standard -- is responsible for creating new emoji. Unicode proposed nine new emoji in November ...

A renowned Filipino chef and restaurateur died after being found unresponsive in her Hong Kong hotel room, her family confirmed in an Instagram post on Tuesday. She was 65. Trailblazing celebrity ...

Growing up in her dad’s pub, Goldyburgers, she always knew she wanted to pursue a career as a chef. While attending culinary school at Kendall College, Sullivan interned and worked at a two ...

A self-confessed "monster" beat a top chef to death near the Notting Hill Carnival and left him in the street to go clubbing, a court has heard. Omar Wilson, 31, punched and kicked Mussie Imnetu ...

San Francisco chef Charles Phan, the legendary leader behind the Slanted Door, died unexpectedly on Monday night. He was 62. Phan was 13 when his family escaped Vietnam and moved to the United States.

Now French chef Marc Veyrat has launched a fresh salvo against the fine-dining bible, banning its inspectors from his new restaurant. “I’ve even got a small sign on the front door,” he tells ...