There are some emoji in this world whose meanings couldn't be clearer — the taco emoji is meant to depict a taco, the lips usually indicate flirtatious kissing, and a red heart shows a love that burns ...

A smiley face isn't always simply a smiley face. Emoji are set to get more complicated, with Apple (AAPL) this week releasing a dozen new emoji that will appear on its devices later this year -- ...

The creators behind the hit Netflix mini-series "Adolescence" have a message for parents: Teenage boys are in a crisis, and parents need to pay attention. The gripping four-episode crime drama follows ...

On March 31, Apple added eight new emoji to all iPhones when the company released iOS 18.4. Some of the new emoji include a face with bags under its eyes and a splatter, but what do these new emoji -- ...

Have you ever typed out a text message using an emoji to express yourself, only to find out the emoji doesn't mean what you thought it meant? Like, sending a flirty text to a Tinder contact only to ...

When the upside-down emoji face came into my life in 2015, I instantly knew it was my go-to sarcastic face. But as I used it more, it became my "I'm secretly mad at you" and even my "I feel awkward" ...

Thanks to modern technology, a bunch of creative minds, and the rise of a smartphone-dominated world, we can now communicate with tiny little pictures on our phones that manage to convey whole worlds ...

The polling firm YouGov recently did a survey to find out how people interpreted emoji. Not surprisingly, there were significant differences of opinion on many. What looked like “shocked” to one ...

There's no way this emoji doesn't mean a shooting star, right? Wrong. It seems this swoop with a star at the end is actually supposed to mean "dizzy." As Emojipedia explained, the image is a reference ...

A whole bunch of new emoji were released on Tuesday in iOS 12.1 — 158, to be precise. But there's one new smiley emoji in particular that people just can't figure out. The new emoji's expression is a ...

Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. In a move that, I’m sure, ...