The Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit organization that maintains the Unicode Standard to ensure emojis work across devices, has announced Unicode 17.0, which includes nine new emojis slated for ...

The glee that followed the kiss-cam kerfuffle is less about who Byron and Cabot are, but about what they represent. Maybe ...

ON the surface, emojis seem laughably trivial—cartoon faces and tiny icons cluttering our phones. Yet behind their colorful simplicity lies a fascinating story of 21st-century global culture. These ...

Sevilla’s English-language X account has cheekily waded into the ongoing Granit Xhaka transfer drama – taking a playful dig ...

In 2024, the Unicode Consortium debuted new emoji in September 2024, including the face with bags under eyes and the splatter emoji. You can find those emoji now on your Android and iPhone devices, as ...

From distorted faces to fight clouds and treasure chests, iOS 26 is about to serve major emoji drama. Apple fans can expect 8 ...

Social media platforms like Instagram encourage emojis, both as a communication tool and a digital shield. But what's behind this emoji explosion?

Apart from congratulations to other-Andy (and a hearty how dare for the unearned burn on Coldplay), this is an example of how ...

Emojis are integral to digital communication. This year, certain emojis gained prominence. The loudly crying face emoji shows mixed emotions. The face with tears of joy remains a classic. The fire ...

Open any Gen Z group chat and it might read like pure emoji chaos: (, ). To outsiders, it’s baffling. To them, it’s a whole conversation—funny, dramatic, layered with meaning. No words needed. It's ...

A new study has shown that when it comes to developing closeness in your relationships, the emoji you send in your texts are doing some pretty heavy lifting.

Despite seeming like a universal language – and sometimes they do function that way – emojis can be at once more vague, and ...