Baffled by an upside-down smiley face? Join the club! The “woman tipping hand” emoji was among the most confounding for people across the country, according to a study conducted last month which also ...

You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whether you call it a happy face or a smiley face, the ubiquitous emoji — two dots and a curvy line tucked inside a circle — communicates a message that’s all about a happy vibe. The fact that this ...

Everybody loves a new emoji. With Apple’s latest iOS update, we’re getting 21 of them including a new smiley face, hand gesture, animals, and more. Beyond the fresh emoji, Apple also included updated ...

What used to be seen as an innocent, fun way of communicating could now carry huge legal risks as cases involving emojis increase around the world. Within the last decade, more cases that involved the ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is an emoji worth? Surprisingly, it’s likely worth more than you think. A smiley face is simply a smiley face, right? Alas, it’s not anymore. At this point ...

Look, if you were to ask me about using smiley faces as passwords in 2025 I would, quite frankly, say you were suffering from some kind of security breakdown. I mean, if you don’t want to use a ...