Most people just throw emojis into text boxes without thinking. If you’re a wallflower like me, hanging out at the edge of the room just feels easier (safer even). Face-to-face? Ugh… it makes me ...

There is no seahorse emoji. The Unicode Consortium, which oversees the standardized pictograms that can be transmitted as part of text communications, has yet to add the adorable sea critter to its ...

Yesterday, in an announcement post, the Unicode Consortium unveiled the latest version of its standard—with 7 brand-new emojis along with 156 new variants for existing emojis. The new batch of emojis ...

Emojis may feel like a universal language, but a new survey has found they are causing confusion and even offense in the workplace. A study by Lokalise of more than 1,000 employees in the United ...

The Unicode Consortium has confirmed its next slate of emojis, coming in the next year to eager thumbs near you. Yes, there is indeed a nonprofit organization that creates standardized language across ...

Humans have been communicating with pictures since the days of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Today, that tradition lives on in one of the most popular visual languages of the digital age: the emoji.

Emojis are becoming a common part of workplace communication, but experts warn they can easily be misinterpreted and lead to serious trouble. In South Africa, emojis are becoming the centre of legal ...

Office communication is already a delicate business. You just never know if a joke won't land or a story from your off-hours that feels innocuous to you is going to seem bonkers to the lady from ...

Ska heads have been waiting for this: A trombone emoji is imminent. The Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit foundation that upholds the Unicode Standard, announced the approved 2025 list of emoji. Other ...

A new batch of emojis have been approved for iOS 26. A new batch of emojis has been approved for iOS 26. Surprisingly enough, Apple or Google isn’t the ones that decide which emojis come to your phone ...

The new emoji will be part of the Unicode 17.0 release, which is scheduled for this fall. They won’t be available when iOS 26 arrives in September, however. Since Apple adopts its own style for new ...