As employees in tech face layoffs, an emoji meets its moment. By Reyhan Harmanci When Elon Musk walked into Twitter headquarters in late October carrying a sink, it seemed like that image might be ...

The face with cowboy hat (鸞), cherries ( ), and upside down face emoji ( ) all tend to cause some confusion, with survey responders indicating that these emoji are most often misunderstood.

One face, many moods. The melting face emoji has been embraced as a symbol of the times. Credit: Google via The New York Times We loved this emoji because it was barely hanging on, just like the ...

In that moment, an emoji often deployed with a dose of irony turned curiously sincere. As laid-off designer Audrey Davis observed, she never thought the saluting face would make her “sob.” ...