Parents are embracing this approach to protect their kids’ identities until they can make their own choices about how to ...

To Gen Z, that classic smiley face emoji isn’t all sunshine — it’s more of a smug, side-eye smirk that can come off as passive-aggressive in texts like above. You are viewing 1 of 4 images ...

In 2023, Surrey Police issued a guide for parents on the latest emoji slang for the drug trade. If you see your child using a horse emoji, for example, that could be a reference to Ketamine, a ...

"Just don't post the picture? I'll die on this hill" Last week I came across a TikTok post of a woman criticising parents who cover their children’s faces with emojis when posting them online ...

Apple added eight new emoji to all iPhones when the company released iOS 18.4 in March, and Samsung brought those same emoji ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions. This ...

Unicode 16 emoji include face with bags under eyes, fingerprint, leafless tree, root vegetable, harp, shovel, and splatter. Apple last introduced new emoji with the iOS 17.4 update that was ...

The smiley face emoji is no longer being perceived as joyful. The generation born between 1997 and 2012 finds it to be anything but positive. Yup, that's right.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Online. Followed categories will be added to My News. The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30, The New York ...

Gen Z co-opted the smiley face emoji, but beware — it means something totally different to them. What used to be the universal symbol of warmth and joy has taken a sinister turn – at least in ...