If you have viewed a Web page containing strange characters you did not understand, you may have seen Unicode characters. Unicode consists of a character set that covers most languages in the world.

An old domain parsing loophole could make browsers like Chrome and Firefox vulnerable to undetectable phishing attacks, according to a recent report. Discovered by Xudong Zheng, a web application ...

A decades-old computer character standard has been updated with a symbol for bitcoin. The Unicode Consortium unveiled Unicode version 10.0 today, which includes the bitcoin "B" symbol. Overall, the ...

Have you ever used Twitter, Gmail, or YouTube and noticed odd characters being displayed vertically overlay other text on the page or break out UI boundaries? If so and have wondered how this is ...

Imagine sending a simple emoji in a text message—just a cheerful smiley face or a thumbs-up—without a second thought. Now, what if I told you that same emoji could secretly carry hidden instructions ...