Using variation selectors, you can conceal messages of arbitrary length within emoji, or indeed any unicode character. "To be ...

What do you call the little yellow coloured icons showing emotions? Did you know that if you have been calling them emojis, then you’ve been using the word wrong? Often when we talk about icons ...

A leafless, lifeless tree is among the most striking new emojis coming to our smartphones in the coming weeks, as part of the latest batch being released by the Unicode Consortium, which sets the ...

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Deep in Greenland’s frozen wilderness, a radioactive secret sleeps beneath the ice — and it could be a headache for Donald Trump if the U.S. president-elect follows through on his threat to take ...

As if I couldn’t love Neil Young more, he and his band, the Chrome Hearts, have changed their name to all lowercase. It’s neil young and the chrome hearts now, and their new single, ironically ...

Though it's in beta, and its output can range from weird to terrifying, it's still fun to make and sure your own custom emojis. Genmoji, as the name sounds, is an amalgamation of generative AI and ...