Complexity, when emoji are involved, will always find its way back. The Consortium’s Emoji Subcommittee—a “crack team of emoji wranglers,” in Houston’s words—had its hands full.

The judge pointed to a Dictionary.com definition of the thumbs-up emoji, which said it is used to express assent, approval or encouragement in digital communications. This court cannot (nor should ...

From 'skibidi' to 'rizz', it's safe to say that many members of Generation Z have their own language. Now, it seems that youngsters are also changing the way they use emoji.

Ska heads have been waiting for this: A trombone emoji is imminent. The Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit foundation that upholds the Unicode Standard, announced the approved 2025 list of emoji ...

A new study has shown that when it comes to developing closeness in your relationships, the emoji you send in your texts are doing some pretty heavy lifting.

On July 17, also known as World Emoji Day, Unicode announced that the newest emoji will debut this September as part of Unicode 17.0. That means iPhones with iOS 26 and Android devices will get ...

World Emoji Day is celebrated annually on July 17. That's because on July 17, 2002, Apple unveiled its iCal app at MacWorld 2002. The iOS calendar emoji 📅 is a daily flip calendar set to July ...

Get ready to sprinkle a few extra "zany faces" and "fist bump" symbols into your texts -- today is World Emoji Day . World Emoji Day started in 2014. It's celebrated every year on July 17 because ...