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A Latvian court recognized the Thumbs-Up Emoji as Written Consent
A civil panel of the Riga District Court has ruled that the thumbs-up palm emoji in official correspondence can be interpreted as written consent, Latvian publication Delfi reported.
Lessons from the ballot
The results of the Greek election on May 21 have revealed a fundamental truth: Society and the realm of social media operate on separate planes.
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Open Call for Applications for the European Media Hackathon
Open call for applications for the European media hackathon to boost innovative synergy on the cutting edge of journalism and technologies
A short History of the Emoji (infographic)
In 2022, Global Emoji Count Could Grow to 3,460
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World’s oldest 'smile emoji' comes to archaeology museum
An ancient water bottle with a smile emoji on it will be displayed at the Gaziantep Archeology Museum
New Gender Neutral Emojis Were Included in the Latest iOS Update
Apple has released new gender neutral emoticons - an analogue of most current emoticons. There are punks, clowns and zombies among them. This is part of the company's mobile operating system update, AFP reported. The tech giant has been offering an increasing number of inclusive emoji designs in recent years, presenting them with different skin colours or professions.
First hackathon for capital markets held
Technology entrepreneurs from all over Turkey gathered in Istanbul over the weekend for the country's first hackathon for capital markets.
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Twitter launches emoji for EU election in May
Twitter launched on Wednesday an emoji for the European Parliament elections in May, seeking to provide a visual link to channel conversations around a vote set to affect the European Union in the coming years.
Together with Facebook and Google, Twitter has come under pressure to do more to combat disinformation about the elections.
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University of Crete researchers develop platform for stroke response, win competition
A platform called ""Time Is Brain," developed by researchers at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), University of Crete, was awarded first prize at the first Hacking Health Hackathon (HHH) competition, it was announced on Tuesday.
Turkish opposition İYİ Party 'trolls' ruling AKP with Google ads
The opposition İYİ (Good) Party, which is set to race in the upcoming June 24 elections, has started a Google ads campaign for a number of keywords to target the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been dubbed by some social media users as "clever trolling."