They found a pot vase which was once used to drink a sweet, sherbet-like substance. But it was the decoration of the pitcher that caught the eye of the astounded archaeologists. A complete face was ...

That evening, computer scientist Howard Gayle responded with a facetious message titled “WARNING!” He claimed that an ...

The humble smiley face emoticon, now a staple of online communication, owes its origin to a physics joke that didn't hit ...

Don't :- ( It's time to celebrate the emoticon's birthday by remembering the simpler days when all smileys were sideways. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100 ...

You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

They're not just for Messages. Apple has made emojis such a part of iOS 14 that you can use them nearly anywhere you can type — and now it's made it easier to find the one you want. Okay, if you tried ...

Unless you are a habitually glum soul, chances are you would have thrown in an emoji your conversation: a smiley, a sad face or a shining sun. Unless you are a habitually glum soul, chances are you ...

You’ve heard about the words of the year—Oxford’s vape, Merriam-Webster’s culture, and Dictionary.com’s exposure, to name a few. And perhaps you’re even eagerly awaiting the American Dialect Society’s ...

On September 19, 1982, Carnegie Mellon professor Dr. Scott Fahlman invented the first emoticon: the humble smiley. Narratively has the exact message: Every September 19 — that's today, by the way — ...

If you've corresponded with someone who uses Microsoft's Outlook email product, you may have noticed something weird: Their e-mail messages might inexplicably end in the letter "J." So you get weird ...

A smiley face emoji has triggered a huge debate in the trial of the man charged with running online illegal drugs market Silk Road. 30-year-old Ross Ulbricht has admitted to founding the narcotics ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest smiley face emoji. It was unearthed when scientists were investigating a site in Turkey which dated back to 2,000BC. They found ...