While younger colleagues tend to embrace a wider array of emoji, boomers are turning to this universal gesture as a way to signal approval, efficiency, and, perhaps, a hint of warmth. The survey ...

Winners are determined by popular vote on X, formerly known as Twitter, and any emoji approved the year prior is eligible to win. The sparkles ( ) emoji was also given the Lifetime Achievement ...

Emoji, the little icons and characters that you send and receive every day, fall under the jurisdiction of the Unicode Consortium. The Consortium is the organization responsible for maintaining ...

Have you noticed a lot of the emoji on your phone point left? Whether it's a car, a person walking, or a dog, many of the emoji at your fingertips are designed to face leftward. Unicode Consortium ...

A pickup truck emoji approved by Unicode is thought to have been inspired by Ford, the US carmaker, which petitioned Unicode for the icon. In total, 117 options will be added in 2020 as part of ...

COLUMN. By fueling users' suspicions of possible censorship of content including the word 'rape,' platforms like TikTok or ...

Avid texters will soon have a new way to talk about the growing impacts of climate change: an emoji depicting a tree without leaves. Approval of the emoji was revealed in an update earlier this ...

A National Park Service-approved bronzed statue of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk on Jan. 6 that includes a pile of poop ...

One of eight new emoji set to debut late this year and into the next, an exhausted face with bags beneath its eyes is among the new releases recently approved by the Unicode Consortium ...

A judge has ruled that an elite Mulholland Drive private school must reverse the expulsion of a 5th grade student over emails ...

“Approved,” Witherspoon commented on TODAY’s Instagram, adding nails, pink heart and bow emoji. And that wasn’t even the best ...