Smiling at Gen Z? Better watch your back. What used to be the universal symbol of warmth and joy has taken a sinister turn — at least in the eyes of Gen Z. The classic smiley face emoji now ...

All of which is to say: The 3,000-year-old tilde might want to consider rebranding itself as Invisible Man With Twirled Mustache. I t’s easy to dismiss emoji. They are, at first glance, ridiculous.

Emoticon – typographical device used to indicate tone or emotion in a posting. Most of the devices, which are viewed sideways, are based on the smiley face – :-).

Archaeologists have discovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest smiley face emoji. It was unearthed when scientists were investigating a site in Turkey which dated back to 2,000 BC ...

Users of Outlook on Office 365, Microsoft's subscription-based cloud productivity suite, will find that the ":)" emoticon will actually get autocorrrected into a standard emoji.

On Monday, as part of its IOS 13.2 release, Apple released 398 new emoji, including a sloth, a flamingo, buttered waffles — and several disability-related symbols, including images of people ...