Imagine sending a simple emoji in a text message—just a cheerful smiley face or a thumbs-up—without a second thought. Now, what if I told you that same emoji could secretly carry hidden instructions ...

With the upcoming release of iOS 18 and advancements in AI technology, creating and using custom emojis on your iPhone has become easier than ever. The video below from iDeviceHelp walks us through ...

As per Emojipedia, there are in fact just seven new basic emojis: Distorted Face, Fight Cloud, Orca, Hairy Creature (think Bigfoot), Trombone, Landslide, and Treasure Chest. The 163 figure comes from ...

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For reference, Unicode 17.0 came out on September 9, introducing well over 160 new characters. The current stable version of ...

They’re trying to expand people’s digital (Big)foot print. The Unicode Consortium is ringing in the New Year with a proposed treasure trove of new emojis for 2025, including a facsimile of Bigfoot ...

You may have your own go-to emoji, but according to Emojipedia, these are some of the most popular emoji as of the mid-December. The list changes periodically, so what's popular now might not be ...

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Can you believe that the first emoji was only created in the late 1990s? Before this, we could use emoticons, which were just a representation of a face using the keys on a keyboard. In only around 30 ...

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, ...