Apple is giving its mask-wearing emoji an update: The keyboard character donning a medical face mask will be smiling under the face covering rather than frowning, according to the Emojipedia blog.

Apple had no comment on the updated design of its face mask emoji, but this new smiling version is not the first of its kind. Certain competitors already offer smiley face mask emojis to their users.

But those that need a more simple and immediate solution can look to new California-based start-up Maskalike, which offers a way to simply print an image of your own smiling face onto a face mask. Rea ...

Like many of the best animated series, Smiling Friends revels in adult darkness while looking like it was made for kids. Even its name could sound creepy or wholesome depending on your mood.

while clicking the tongue can make the mask smile. "I had a random idea for it," Tyler Glaiel, who built the mask, said to the BBC. "I was wondering if it existed, to have a face mask that just ...