How Would You Feel Having Your Emoji Messages Read Out in Court?
Our online conversations are riddled with emoji, and while the amusing characters can be a creative way to express…
Squid Expert on Apple's Tortured Squid Emoji: It's Like 'Having a Butt on Your Forehead'
In what now seems to be an egregious oversight on the part of Apple, the scientific community this week flagged an…
This Online Emoji Maker Is a Legitimately Fun Way to Kill 5 Minutes
Sometimes words aren’t enough, and that’s where emojis come in. But even then, there are times you just can’t find the…
This Is the Future of Democracy
It’s the 2018 midterms, and today you have your chance to record just how you feel about that. The New York Times has…
Ey, I’m a Real New Yawka, So Heah’s What I Think About Da Phone Bagel Pictchas
Ey, I’m Mista Real New Yawka from Da Big Apple, da biggest city in da whole woild. I tawk like “dis” and rememba da…
Twitter Evens Character Count for Emojis, Ending Race and Gender Penalties
Twitter has made a subtle, but not insignificant change to the way it counts emoji in its 280-character limit. Moving…
These 3,800-Year-Old Peruvian Carvings Look Like Modern Emoji
Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered an ancient wall relief dating back to the Caral civilization—the oldest known…
The Smiley Face Emoji Is Clearly Full of Shit
Look, I’m no emoji expert, but there’s one thing I do know: The basic smiley emoji is a goddamn liar. And using it…
Google Is Bringing Back Blobmoji
For longtime Android users, it was a sad day when Google killed off its adorable blobs and replaced them with a more…
Twitter Bails on the Cartoon Pistol Emoji
The pistol emoji has existed in one form or another since at least 2010, but in 2016 Apple shook shit up by replacing…
Apple Proposes First Accessibility Emoji, Including Guide Dogs and Prosthetics
On Friday, Apple submitted a proposal to Emojipedia for a suite of new accessibility emoji. There are 13 in total,…
We're Getting a DNA Emoji—but It's Twisted the Wrong Way
This month the Unicode Consortium, the strange and little-known organization that decides which new emoji appear in our…
Here Are Some of the New Emoji, Ranked From Most to Least Useful During Sexting
Great news: On Wednesday, the Unicode Consortium released the final version of its 11.0 emoji set, with approximately…
I'm Begging You Emoji Overlords, Rescue This Adorable Animal Horn Section
Newly proposed guidelines under consideration by the Unicode Consortium, the non-profit group that maintains Unicode as…
Google Decides Android Users Deserve Full Beers
Stand down, fierce citizens. Google has fixed its beer emoji. The beer icons that were once half empty but confusingly…
Some People at the Emoji Group Have Had Enough of This Goddamn Poop
While most of us only take note of the work being done at Unicode when it drops a new set of emojis, the organization…
Go Download Your New iPhone Emoji Right Now
Remember earlier this year when we told you a bunch of new emoji were on the way? Well, they’ve finally arrived for the…
Apple's Creepy New Emoji Are a Gateway Drug to Furrydom
You knew that there was something different about Apple’s big iPhone event this year when the company introduced…
Which of These New Emoji Candidates Will Be Cast in the Emoji Movie Sequel?
On Friday, Unicode officially announced the candidates for new emoji to be included in next year’s update. So,…