A warm and affectionate emoji drawing, featuring a bright yellow face blowing a kiss with a small red heart. ‘Slap in the Face’: Court Ruling on Gun Law Sparks Fury Jim Harbaugh's Role in Michigan, ...

"Emoji blew up right around 2011," said Laura Miller in Slate, and we're lucky they did. So many more of our online text interactions would have led to misunderstandings and arguments without the ...

Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news, with a particular focus on animals, ...

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Facial recognition apps detect pain in dementia patients, trauma in children, and diagnose infections. I tried Harvard's FaceAge app using photos to estimate biological age and, in turn, overall ...

Artificial intelligence has taken over so much of the job search that employers are resorting to a retro move: the in-person job interview. Virtual interviews have become the new normal in hiring in ...

A police force's decision to start using vans with live facial recognition technology in them feel like a "totalitarian" move, young people have said. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) will be able to ...