The emoji skin tones were first launched in 2015, and are modeled on the dermatological Fitzpatrick Scale, ranging from "pale white" to "darkest brown." Descending down the scale, users can select ...

Emoji with darker skin tones are helping people feel included on social media, researchers have found, as they call for even more diversity in the little cartoons. When the inclusive emoji were ...

While the Unicode Consortium, where Google, Microsoft and Apple have voting seats and Lee is vice-chair of the emoji subcommittee, signed off on the skin-tone additions, user companies will decide ...

There is also a “people holding hands” emoji that provides dozens of combinations with different skin tones, making it possible ... Calls 911 After Man Falls from Cliff During Hiking Date ...

have often assigned genders with their designs for these emoji. It’s why every construction worker across major operating systems is, by default, is a man. Unicode’s standards dictated a ...

The Unicode Consortium has finalized and released version 16.0 of the Unicode standard, the elaborate character set that ensures that our phones, tablets, PCs, and other devices can all ...