Emojis, as well as memes and other forms of short-form content, have become central to how we express ourselves and connect ...

Yet as meanings shift across different contexts, so too does the potential for misunderstanding.A senior colleague of mine ...

Text messages appearing to come from the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles are alarming people across the state.Officials said it is a scam.These scams falsely claim to request payment for ...

If you've ever wondered what the iPhone symbols on top of the screen (in the status bar) or in the iOS Control Center are trying to tell you, then you've come to the right spot. Apple uses iPad and ...

Report the text to the Federal Trade Commission at reportfraud.ftc.gov and/or file a compliant with the FBI's Internet Crime Compliant Center at ic3.gov. Do not respond to the text or click any links.

Police are warning cell phone users about new text message scam claiming to be from the Department of Motor Vehicles and threatening “final notice” to target victims. The latest DMV text scam ...

For this piece on hidden messages in logos, Kelly Kuehn and Elizabeth Yuko, PhD, tapped their experiences as longtime journalists who often write about knowledge and history for Reader’s Digest.

It exposes 60 seemingly innocent symbols being used to hide disturbing messages across six categories. This includes d rugs, violence, sex, self-harm, extremism, and incels (involuntary celibates).

6 Stephen Graham in the drama Credit: AP Some 60 symbols - from a snowflake meaning cocaine to kidney beans referring to an incel, an involuntary celibate - were included in the chart.

SAN DIEGO — Text messaging can be hard to decipher these days. From slang to acronyms and abbreviations, it sometimes takes a Google search to understand what they're saying! "I've definitely ...

MILAN, March 21 (Reuters) - Italy's education ministry on Friday instructed schools to ban the growing use of gender-neutral symbols, saying they were unclear and flouted the rules of Italian grammar.