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The Broken-Chain Emoji Is the Icon of Summer“Broken chain” should quickly become one of the Good Emoji.

By Matt Stieb

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There Will Be No New Emoji Next Year Because of the CoronavirusThe Unicode Consortium, like everything else, is experiencing delays.

By Brian Feldman

select all July 6, 2019

Instagram Accidentally Made Emoji Fun AgainWouldn’t it be nice if social media was a little weirder all the time?

By Madison Malone Kircher

emoji Feb. 6, 2019

Unicode Introduces New Emoji for 2019Many of the new emoji are focused on accessibility.

By Brian Feldman

emoji Dec. 6, 2018

World’s Shadiest Aquarium Calls Out Anatomically Incorrect Squid EmojiTurns out squid don’t have noses.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Good News, Google’s Salad Emoji Is Vegan NowGoogle removed the egg from its salad emoji.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Accessibility-Themed Emoji Could Be Coming SoonApple proposed several new emoji, including an ear with a hearing aid, a guide dog, and a person in a wheelchair.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Oh Good, a Meghan Markle EmojiKate Middleton is getting her own emoji, too.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Lobster Emoji Now Has Proper Number of Legs Since a Bunch of Mainers ComplainedThe newest set of emoji will now include an anatomically correct lobster.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Feb. 20, 2018

The Skateboard Emoji Has Been Fixed With Help From Tony HawkThe Unicode Consortium and Hawk updated the icon over DM.

By Brian Feldman

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Tony Hawk Finally Got a Skateboard Emoji. Now He Just Has to Fix It.The retro board is getting a few tweaks before it arrives later this year.

By Brian Feldman

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Bagel, Redhead, and Flat Shoe Among 157 New EmojiPlus a bald person, a peacock, and a superhero.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Why Is Emoji Black Santa Sad?Unsurprisingly, emoji white Santa looks content.

By Carl Swanson

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Sh*t Is Hitting the Fan Over the New Poop EmojiThe argument started over a proposed poop emoji with a frown instead of a smile.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Oct. 31, 2017

Here’s How to Download Apple’s 70 New EmojiHighlights include an adorable porcupine, a cursing face that also censors itself, and a curling stone (for all of your curling-related emoji needs).

By Paris Martineau

select all Oct. 25, 2017

DOJ Subpoenas Twitter Users Over Smiley-Face-Emoji TweetTwitter is fighting it.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Oct. 6, 2017

These Are the 56 New Emoji Coming to the Next iPhone UpdateHedgehogs, cursing smilies, and a whole lot of spooky options: Apple’s latest emoji are going to step up your texting game.

By Paris Martineau

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New iPhone ‘Animoji’ Will Mirror Your Facial ExpressionsHighly personal emoji for those moments when you need the perfect reaction.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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It’s Not All Heart-Eyes Emoji for Taylor Swift AnymorePeople on Twitter are using very different emoji to talk about Swift’s forthcoming album than they did for 1989.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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These Are the 67 New Emoji Already Being Considered for Next YearWe might be getting a frowning poop emoji to go with the smiling one.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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These Are the New Emoji Coming Soon to Your iPhoneThe vomit emoji is great.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Howdy, I’m the Sheriff of Memes, and I’m Here to Explain This Sheriff MemeThe new meme involves building a tiny sheriff out of only emoji.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all June 20, 2017

Facebook Puts Gay Pride in a Digital ClosetFacebook’s pride-flag emoji is only available in select areas, and users have to opt in to access it.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 23, 2017

An Emoji-to-English Dictionary, As Translated by CherIn case you’ve ever wanted to know what the palm tree emoji really means in Cher-speak.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 17, 2017

Google’s Blob Emoji Get Sad, Circular RedesignRIP, blobs.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Apparently Everybody Is Using the Exact Same Emoji for These Artists on SpotifySpoiler: Drake is, understandably, fire.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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This App That Turns Your Face Into an Emoji Is Surprisingly GoodThe app is easy to use, and the finished products are too funny.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Merman and Breastfeeding Woman Among 69 Emoji Coming Soon to a Keyboard Near YouThere’s also a pretzel, a dude in a sauna, and some dinosaurs.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Mike Pence Wrongly Tweets Nicaraguan Flag Emoji Instead of Israeli FlagThe vice-president’s attempt to show solidarity with Israel on Twitter totally backfired.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Despite Those Calls for a Dislike Button, Love Is Still Top Facebook ReactionIt’s been exactly a year since Facebook introduced reaction emoji.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Who Really Designed Apple’s Emoji?Justin Bai just wanted to know about the origin of the Rolodex emoji; instead, he discovered something bigger.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Sean Spicer’s Press Briefing a Sea of Angry Emoji on Facebook LivePeople are using Facebook’s emoji reactions to let Sean Spicer know how they feel about him.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Emoji Are Here to Ruin MonopolyHasbro is holding a vote to decide new game tokens.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Very Official Study Finds Peach Emoji Most Often Paired With EggplantEmojipedia delves into how people are using the peach emoji online.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Donald Trump’s New Cold War With Twitter Overshadows Tech SummitTwitter wasn’t invited because of an emoji.

By Brian Feldman

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This Company Will Pay You to Translate Emoji for ThemA London translation firm is looking for an emoji translator.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Here’s What Apple’s New Emoji Look LikeEverything you need to know about today’s new emoji release.

By Madison Malone Kircher

Nov. 15, 2016

Apple Made the Peach Emoji Look More Like a Butt AgainA wise change of course.

By Brian Feldman

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Apple’s New Peach Emoji Doesn’t Look Like a Butt (But We’re Getting a Face Palm)Women get jobs! Harambe gets an emoji!

By Madison Malone Kircher

Oct. 7, 2016

Can You Tell What’s Wrong With Samsung’s Fingers-Crossed Emoji?Oops.

By Madison Malone Kircher

Sept. 13, 2016

Everything You Need to Know About The New EmojiWomen get careers! Santa gets a beard! Poop gets more realistic!

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Some Depraved Genius Turned the Eggplant Emoji Into a Sex ToyIt’s called the Emojibator. In case you didn’t already get the joke.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Microsoft: Squirt Gun Emoji? Nah, Let’s Make It an Actual RevolverThe company’s gun emoji used to look like something from a sci-fi movie.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Aug. 2, 2016

Apple Will Replace Its Pistol Emoji With a Squirt GunYou can still use the bomb, the syringe, and the skull for naming your exes in your address book.

By Brian Feldman

June 23, 2016