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 ...

In August 2025, a claim circulated online that putting an emoji over a child's face in photos — a practice popularized by celebrity parents — does not protect their privacy. One Facebook page shared ...

Apple and Samsung brought nine new emoji to their devices this year with the releases of iOS 18.4 and One UI 7. The latest emoji include a face with bags under its eyes (🫩), splatter (🫟) and a harp ...

Smiling at Gen Z? Better watch your back. What used to be the universal symbol of warmth and joy has taken a sinister turn — at least in the eyes of Gen Z. The classic smiley face emoji now means ...

Sentiment analysis on social media suggests that certain emoji and internet acronyms are now falling out of favor, either being used less frequently, or attracting negative comments. Top of the list ...

This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: iOS 15.4 packs a punch with some fun and useful new features. It’s still just a beta, but it will give us lots of new emoji for our critical, high-level ...

In celebration of World Emoji Day on July 17, the Unicode Consortium previewed some of the new emoji that will be coming with Unicode 17.0. Notably, Distorted Face is a popular emoji in Discord ...

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In celebration of World Emoji Day, the Unicode Consortium this week confirmed the new emoji characters that will be added to Unicode 17 in the fall. Emoji characters that are coming include trombone, ...