The other day, I texted my daughter and asked her to describe herself using emoji. Sophie responded with blue letters spelling “Zzz” — the emoji for sleep. Appropriate, I thought, since she ...

To Gen Z, that classic smiley face emoji isn’t all sunshine — it’s more of a smug, side-eye smirk that can come off as passive-aggressive in texts like above.

The new candidates for Emoji 15.1, which could be approved later this year, include a fiery phoenix, a broken chain, and more. Alessio Liburdi / EyeEm / Getty Images ...

The new six-month delay pegs the deadline for Unicode 14.0 emoji submissions to September 2021 — meaning approved new emoji won't see the light of day until 2022.

Emoji users respect linear time and action. If you want to point a gun at something, it has to go to the left of the barrel, he says. It is this: Not this: ...

Emoji are being increasingly used in social and professional settings alike. Here's what some of them may be perceived as and how it affects the way you're perceived.

The Guardian "The Emoji Movie is a force of insidious evil, a film that feels as if it was dashed off by an uninspired advertising executive. The best commercials have a way of making you forget ...

Redesigning an existing emoji is much easier than adding a new one.Proposals must be approved by the Unicode Consortium, an organization that governs standards in web text, before the designers at ...

Google Messages is adding support for full-screen emoji message effects. Just send an emoji to see its corresponding effect. This guide also covers how to turn off full-screen effects in Google ...

A Canadian farmer owes $82,000 for breach of contract after using a “thumbs-up” emoji in a text. According to court documents from the King’s Bench for Saskatchewan in March 2021, grain ...

New emoji coming with iOS 18.4 Perhaps one of the new emoji that stands out the most is the “face with bags under eyes,” which is basically an emoji with a really tired face. But users will ...

With over 6 billion emojis sent on a daily basis, and over 90% of the world’s online community making regular use of them, emojis may be one of Japan’s greatest exports.