On September 19, 1982, Carnegie Mellon University computer science research assistant professor Scott Fahlman posted a message to the university’s bulletin board software that would later come to ...

Enigmatriz is a digital artist who combines the glyphs, code, characters and symbols of the average keyboard into a plethora of imagery in these imaginative collages. The Argentina-based digital ...

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 ...

It would be nice if users could put emoticons and symbols in their payment comments like 😊, 😂, ★, 😉, 🎉 Supporting these isn't trivial because it would involve generating and installing additional ...

Texting has changed the way we use language, and perhaps the most noticeable change is the use of those little icons we now use in place of words to get our messages across. From emotions to food, ...

Emojis can help people share messages over technology, but it is not a perfect form of communication, shared Mason Kamana Allred. BYU–Hawaii Assistant Professor Mason Kamana Allred advised people to ...

Finally, an emoji to represent us all is coming soon: An exhausted face with bags under its eyes. It’s one of eight new emojis that will appear on smartphones and computers next year, which also ...

The Unicode Consortium has finalized and released version 16.0 of the Unicode standard, the elaborate character set that ensures that our phones, tablets, PCs, and other devices can all communicate ...