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 ...

We’ve updated this story to clarify how messages are stored in backups. If you don’t want your text messages read by prying eyes, you should consider locking your phone with a passcode or ...

The accused pleaded guilty to the charges and was fined R10,000, avoiding a lengthy trial. Even emojis can risk your job. Legal Leaders managing director Aslam Moolla Legal Leaders managing ...

Scammers are preying on job seekers again with appealing, but too good-to-be-true offers. These phoney job ads are sent via text and WhatsApp, and claim to offer lots of money to complete tasks in ...

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Neptune has been approved for a credit facility of up to US$20 million. The Company intends to use the funds to expand and purchase Bitcoin and other crypto-related assets, in addition to ...

The Nag Hammadi texts were discovered near Nag Hammadi in Egypt. They are gnostic works that present a worldview that denies the divinity of Christ and the goodness of creation. In 1945 a startling ...

A leafless, lifeless tree is among the most striking new emojis coming to our smartphones in the coming weeks, as part of the latest batch being released by the Unicode Consortium, which sets the ...

On Tuesday evening (January 21), six planets will line up in the night's sky – Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Best viewed in clear skies free of cloud, the individual ...

Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be visible splayed out in a long arc across the heavens, with Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn being ...