National Emoji Day falls on July 17 each year. This year, the Unicode Consortium, which decides these things, has announced that Unicode 17.0 will include at least nine new emoji, coming soon. And ...

In the arenas of ancient Rome, the thumbs-up was a matter of life and death. So scholars have extrapolated from the elusive history of ancient gestures. The fates of defeated gladiators were ...

Today the Unicode Consortium previewed the new emoji that are expected to be added to Apple’s upcoming OS updates, including iOS and iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and more. Though the list isn’t finalized ...

The aerial tramway emoji is popping up everywhere as of late — in YouTube Shorts, in comments on posts, and across social media. And honestly, people are utterly confused by it, considering this emoji ...

When it comes to digital communication, emojis have the power to convey more meaning than plain text alone. Their universal ...

Gone are the days you had to use the same plain-red heart emoji in every text, email, and Instagram caption. In 2023, your emoji keyboard features hearts in pretty much every colour, shape, and form, ...

You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

Don't limit yourself to the thumbs-down emoji when you don't like something. Try the face vomiting emoji, instead. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news ...

I never thought I’d be an emoji person (a fan of emojis, not literally a human turned into an emoji). And, for a long time, I wasn’t one. I ignored them in favor of reaction gifs until I started ...