It's the circle of life, really, and it's why some people still don't quite understand what the black heart emoji means. It looks just like the classic, standard, red heart emoji, but it's black ...

Bad for: Eh, it’s hard to misuse this one ... or a romantic thing that’s moving into friendship territory. This emoji sees the most action around Mother’s Day, conversations with your ...

Buckle up — cancel culture has officially come for emojis. Gen Zers are calling out the popular thumbs-up emoji for being “rude” and “hostile,” even saying they feel attacked whenever ...

Reports of the death of the thumbs-up emoji have been greatly exaggerated. Or maybe not. In any case, let's consider how emojis, like words, can be interpreted in many different ways. So you may ...

The word emoji comes from the Japanese words for picture (pronounced “eh”) and letter or character (pronounced “mōji”). (Credit: Tada Images/Shutterstock) You probably know them, even if you don’t ...

As emoji use grows, judges have to get special trainings. As emoji use grows, judges have to get special trainings. Sarah Jeong is a features editor who publishes award-winning stories ...

It’s a banner day to be an emoji. Monday marks the tenth annual World Emoji Day 🗺️🤩📆, and there’s never been a better time to be a cute and colorful little communication character.

As more and more technology companies roll out their own AI products and services, there’s one thing that’s been pretty common among many of the competitors: they all use the sparkle emoji in ...

Emoji, the little icons and characters that you send and receive every day, fall under the jurisdiction of the Unicode Consortium. The Consortium is the organization responsible for maintaining ...

Soon after WIRED's global editorial director started in 2023, she sent me a message on Slack. By accident, I hearted it. A message from my very serious, very new boss. It haunts me to this day.

What do I get instead? A thumbs-up emoji. That’s when I know I’m in trouble. As a millennial who grew up watching the evolution of messaging, I’ve noticed this shift in the meaning of the ...