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Sunday, July 17 is World Emoji Day. So of course it would make sense to celebrate the universal language of our generation. They first appeared in 2011, but before emoji, if you’ll recall, we tended ...

The most-used emoji of 2021 was the "tears of joy" emoji, The New York Times reports, according to data from the Unicode Consortium. The red heart emoji came in at No.2. "It speaks to how many people ...

That news shouldn’t come as a surprise. The laughing/crying face is the perfect symbol to illustrate your emotional extremes, from unfiltered happiness to bitter sadness. For example, you might use it ...

You know the one. This little dude: . According to Emojipedia, while the TOJ emoji is still popular, its use seems to have peaked in early 2017. These days, people are turning less and less to our ...

2015 was far more rat emoji than it was tears of laughter emoji This week, in either an excellent or terrible bit of stunt-choosing, the Oxford English Dictionary picked the “crying with laughter” ...

It’s been a big year for our culture. A huge year, one might say. Within the course of less than twelve months, we’ve witnessed history-making steps in the name of civil rights and social progress in ...

What is the world coming to. The Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an emoji–otherwise known as a picture–as its “Word” of the Year for 2015, which gives us very little faith in the abilities of Oxford ...

is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. It seems the rest of the world agrees, and the “slightly ...

Oxford Dictionaries has announced its Word of the Year — and it's an emoji. "Face with Tears of Joy" emoji has been selected by the dictionary company as the "word" that "best reflected, the ethos, ...

Bree Fowler writes about cybersecurity and digital privacy. Before joining CNET she reported for The Associated Press and Consumer Reports. A Michigan native, she's a long-suffering Detroit sports fan ...