Emoji were once just a fun little addition to text messages, but at this point, they’re a very important part of how most of us communicate with one another. That’s why it needs to be said that, even ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Google finally got the message that these emoji ...

Emoji 11.0 is fixed and prepped for delivery in June. Some of them look promising—useful even. But Anthony Hawk, long-time purveyor of fine video games and friend of Gizmodo, has taken umbrage with ...

Commentary: Our emoticon friends have gotten lots of bad press this week thanks to "The Emoji Movie." Let’s not forget all they’ve done for us. Daniel Van Boom is an award-winning Senior Writer based ...

Entertainment Weekly compared “The Emoji Movie” to “staring into an existential abyss.” Time Out called it a movie that “only wants to dumb us down.” RogerEbert.com called it “a demonstration of ...