Apple has released its 18.4 software update, which includes 8 new emojis. Here they are, ranked from best to worst.

The latest iOS 18.4 update quietly released eight new emojis for Apple devices, including a harp, a shovel, a fingerprint, a ...

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Text emojis apparently aren’t just for teenagers anymore. In many ways, email, texting — and the pandemic — have made emojis ubiquitous. Emojis also gave some Americans an opportunity to laugh.

Some use fire emojis to flirt. Others, to discuss an airstrike. Controversy has erupted in Washington, D.C., after a journalist was apparently added by accident to a group chat with several high ...

At the bottom of the emoji hierarchy lie the derelicts: the mountain cableway, the baggage claim icon, a bunch of squares with letters in them. It might seem impossible to lift these poor guys out ...

Parents are being alerted to the sinister undertones of emojis used by youngsters. It follows the release of Netflix's gripping new drama, Adolescence. The four-part thriller centres on 13-year ...