Using variation selectors, you can conceal messages of arbitrary length within emoji, or indeed any unicode character. "To be ...

Anyone can submit an idea for a new emoji. The Unicode Standard -- a universal character encoding standard -- is responsible ...

What do you call the little yellow coloured icons showing emotions? Did you know that if you have been calling them emojis, then you’ve been using the word wrong? Often when we talk about icons ...

Though it's in beta, and its output can range from weird to terrifying, it's still fun to make and sure your own custom emojis. Genmoji, as the name sounds, is an amalgamation of generative AI and ...

Police have issued a grim warning over the emojis predators use online when they talk to Aussie kids - and why something as simple as a bowl and spoon or slice of pizza could allude to something ...

‘Maybe you could go on Love Iceland,’ jabbed @Matt_Aspden, as @Scousebird shared a broken heart emoji, saying: ‘And just before Valentine’s Day?’ And Taryn Whipp said: ’You mean they ...

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Heidi Klum appears to be aging in reverse. Klum, 51, showcased her bombshell body in a string bikini with cheeky bottoms while vacationing in St. Barts with her husband, Tom Kaulitz. The German ...

With an endless array of emojis at our fingertips—and new ones constantly popping up—knowing when and how to use them is more important than ever. This is especially true for the emoji we use ...

Expectedly, social media is buzzing with posts about this incident, and a cheeky one from the Indian-origin CEO of Perplexity AI, Aravind Srinivas, has attracted people’s attention. Perplexity ...