The list of emojis slated for potential release is out. Here's your guide to which candidates deserve to live or die. Reading time 4 minutes A new cast of draft emojis stands for final approval by the ...

If you've been unenthused about the emoji of recent years, you're not alone. A flashlight? A toolbox? A fire extinguisher? A tin can? Who even uses these? The emoji set to appear on your phone next ...

Google just released Android 16 DP2, and it includes support for 7 new emoji. The new emoji include a face with bags under the eyes, a fingerprint, a harp, and more. These 7 emoji are part of the ...

The Unicode Consortium has finalized and released version 16.0 of the Unicode standard, the elaborate character set that ensures that our phones, tablets, PCs, and other devices can all communicate ...

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The Unicode Consortium has announced that it's adding what's essentially a Bigfoot emoji to the open Unicode standard this fall. The famous cryptid will appear as "Hairy Creature" alongside a ...

Will the new Emoji 16.0 icons stick around this time?

When the very first set of emoji was designed by Japanese engineer Shigetaku Kurita in the 1990s, pixel-y dots within a 12-by-12 dot grid were about the entirety of what could be conveyed in emoji ...