Gen Z canceled the ‘hostile’ thumbs-up emoji and wants to ban these 9 others By . Jack Hobbs and Alex Mitchell. Published Oct. 12, 2022. Updated Oct. 14, 2022, 11:13 a.m. ET.

It’s a banner day to be an emoji. Monday marks the tenth annual World Emoji Day 🗺️🤩📆, and there’s never been a better time to be a cute and colorful little communication character. ...

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.

However, perhaps with 18.2 later in the year, or 18.3 or 18.4 early next year we’ll finally get our hands on the exhausted emoji we all deserve. For reference, iOS 17.4 was the release that ...

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 ...

Police and experts are warning parents to be vigilant about the emoji on their children's phones, following Netflix's thriling drama Adolescence. The series follows 13-year-old Jamie Miller ...

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 ...