Like side parts, skinny jeans, and girlbossing, emoji can be categorized as dated internet ephemera. These days, certain symbols, like , are seen as especially cringe and — even worse — Millennial.

Apple and Samsung brought nine new emoji to their devices this year with the releases of iOS 18.4 and One UI 7, including a face with bags under its eyes, splatter and a harp. The Unicode Consortium ...

is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. It seems the rest of the world agrees, and the “slightly ...

Soon you’ll be able to use an emoji to show that your battery is low. Or that you’re melting, are feeling ambivalent or patriotic, or getting teary-eyed. This is because the crop of fresh emoji ...

When Apple rolls out its iOS software’s latest update, 15.4, which is still in beta, it will come complete with 37 new emojis and variations of existing emojis for users to playfully message to one ...

The meaning of most emojis is pretty clear just by looking at them. For example, when the pandemic hit in 2020, usage of the emoji showing a mask over a face 😷 went through the roof. But that’s not ...