Today there are north of 3,500 accepted emoji characters. They appear in politics, movies, texts, our sex lives, and more. But emoji’s impact has never been explored in full. Keith Houston follows ...

Nearly 37% of professionals have questioned whether emoji usage was suitable for work, and this jumps to 41% for Gen Z.

The Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit organization that maintains the Unicode Standard to ensure emojis work across devices, has announced Unicode 17.0, which includes nine new emojis slated for ...

Guy Simmonds, who ran a Monmouthshire riding school, denies six counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child ...

Maldini has become a rallying figure behind the movement of Milan fans who are against patron Gerry Cardinale and his ...

Theo Hernandez has sent another pointed message to the current Milan hierarchy by posting an image of himself wearing former ...

In 2024, the Unicode Consortium debuted new emoji in September 2024, including the face with bags under eyes and the splatter emoji. You can find those emoji now on your Android and iPhone devices, as ...

What were other popular new emoji? The face with bags under eyes was clearly going to win the Most Popular New Emoji award from the start because it's so relatable and widely understood.

Based on Emojipedia's site data, the winner of the Most 2025 Emoji and Most Popular New Emoji is the face with bags under ...

Emoji characters that are coming include trombone, treasure chest, distorted face, hairy creature (aka Bigfoot or Sasquatch), fight cloud, apple core, orca, landslide, and ballet dancers.

IN FOCUS: Plenty of parents see covering up their children’s faces online as a happy medium, allowing them to share family snaps without encroaching on their privacy. But is this actually ...

In the caption, Jones wrote, "finally got to see the ball drop in NYC," and added a smirking face emoji.