Michael Everson News Today

The law allowing Oregon drivers to pump their own gas awaits Governor Tina Kotek's signature, leaving her to grapple with existential questions, like whether all driving Oregonians can safely work a gas pump.

The Business Director for The Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent estimates the race brings $3.5 million to the local Manitou Springs economy

In the 1990s, the emoji was created by Shigetaka Kurita in Japan. Its name is from the Japanese words e ("picture") and moji ("character"). So "emoji"

Ho was languishing on the sidelines of the internet – until a few youngsters took it upon themselves to tear down the digital divide.

City officials highlighted both points of progress and sources of stagnation in addressing the mounting housing crisis in a series of recent announcements.

The purple hijab emoji. (Lucy Martens) Emojis help people show emotion in digital spaces — but the little, pixelated characters dont always represent the diversity of their users. And changing that isnt easy, as Rayouf Alhumedhi knows well. At age 15, she campaigned to add an emoji depicting a woman wearing a hijab, the head covering donned by many Muslim women. "If there are four emojis to represent four different stages of a mailbox. Why isnt there one to represent half a billion Muslims wh...