Emoji date back to 1999 when they first appeared on Japanese cell phones. But it’s history goes further than that, because ...

the representation of natural hairstyles is glaringly absent. That’s where the brilliant young minds at RISE.365 come in, creating the first-ever natural Black hair emojis to fill this long ...

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Your favourite emoji might not mean what you think it does. A forensic linguist explains how these seemingly innocent symbols could have legal and social implications.

With an endless array of emojis at our fingertips—and new ones constantly popping up—knowing when and how to use them is more important than ever. This is especially true for the emoji we use ...

But if you're active on Twitter, you've probably seen its popular emoji mashup bots, which combine multiple emojis into one. Only recently, Emoji Kitchen was native to Android users on Gboard.

This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED For decades, choosing an emoji has been constrained to what's available on your smartphone's keyboard.