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Yeah!! Today the 17 th day of July is World Emoji Day, and to mark the event Apple is celebrating it by adding some of the 70+ new emoji that will be featured in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave. According to the details published by the company in a blog post. [caption id="attachment_12085" align="alignnone" width="1142"] A free update to iOS 12 brings more expression to every message with new characters for sports, symbols and more. [/caption] The new emojis are based on characters approved for Unicode 11.0, back in February by the Unicode Consortium , the group that decides on new emojis. According to BBC news . The addition came with an intention  to better represent the vast demographic of users, including all different hair types and skin tones, as well as more expressive faces. There will be a cold face, a party face, a pleading face and a face with hearts. [caption id="attachment_12087" align="alignnone" width="1632"] New emoj...

In an email to staff yesterday, Uber"s Chief People Officer, Liane Hornsey announced her resignation from the company. This resignation comes shortly after an investigation regarding allegations against Hornsey that claim she systematically dismissed complaints of racial discrimination within the firm. Hornsey has been the head of the company"s HR department for the past 18 months, and has spoken many times on diversity and discrimination issues. An email sent by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to the staff regarding this matter, but interestingly does not mention any specific reason for her resignation. Commenting on her departure, Khosrowshahi notes: "I am writing to let you know that earlier today Liane told me that she is leaving the company. Liane joined Uber in January 2017, and since then she has led our People & Places teams through a period of enormous positive change." According to Reuters , an anonymous group of employees, all of them people of colour, all...