Keith Houston’s history of the little emoticons charts how quickly technology has changed how we think and communicate.

A trombone emoji is imminent. The Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit foundation that upholds the Unicode Standard, announced the approved 2025 list of emoji. Other approved emoji from Unicode 17.0 ...

It wasn’t long before The New York Times took notice. The company acquired Wordle in January 2022 for a price “in the low ...

In 2024, the Unicode Consortium debuted new emoji in September 2024, including the face with bags under eyes and the splatter emoji. You can find those emoji now on your Android and iPhone devices, as ...

These new emojis have long-standing symbolic meanings, are visually distinctive, and contain multitudes of expression.” ...