Samit Sarkar (he/him) is Polygon’s deputy managing editor. He has more than 17 years of experience covering video games, movies, television, and technology. The Entertainment Software Rating ...

Plante said Google didn't respond when he pointed out that the middle finger emoji is found on both Fleksy's and Gboard's keyboards and asked that the rating be dropped back to PEGI 3, leading him ...

A “good” emoji represents the next 40 percent. But Elias says even though a restaurant can get a yellow “needs improvement” rating, they still meet the minimum food safety standards.

More information: Shuhan He et al, Comparison of an Emoji-Based Visual Analog Scale With a Numeric Rating Scale for Pain Assessment, JAMA (2022). DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.7489 Journal information ...

Won first place in headline writing from the 2013 Society for Features Journalism. Some of the emoji -- like the phoenix, brown mushroom, lime and a broken chain -- are new. Others are variations ...