A small digital image can be worth a thousand words. Loudly Crying Face. Rolling on the Floor Laughing. Smiling Face with Heart Eyes. Fire. Hand Clap. If you’ve spent any amount of time texting your ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

EMOJIS are a great way to make sure your message comes across right but sometimes their meanings are not clear. With Apple releasing new emojis regularly, it can be difficult to keep track of which ...

Fans of peppering their messages with smiley faces, tacos, hand gestures and a range of other animated icons could soon make their voices count. Emoji users can vote for their favourite icons and even ...

TOKYO — From a humble smiley face with a box mouth and inverted “V’s” for eyes, crude weather symbols, and a rudimentary heart — emoji have now exploded into the world’s fastest-growing language.