Today there are north of 3,500 accepted emoji characters. They appear in politics, movies, texts, our sex lives, and more. But emoji’s impact has never been explored in full. Keith Houston follows ...

Out of a list of more than 160 suggested additions, eight new emoji have been officially chosen for inclusion in an update to iOS 26.

On World Emoji Day, celebrated on July 17, we celebrate emojis in all their quirky, colorful glory. Love them or judge them, emojis have become a full-fledged language of their own. We use them to ...