For those who have read Rachel Reid’s novel, Heated Rivalry, you likely knew that Episode 5 would be a very big deal in the ...

Miami Dolphins All-Pro wide receiver Tyreek Hill may be on injured reserve and done for the season, but that won’t stop him ...

In 2024, the Unicode Consortium debuted new emoji in September 2024, including the face with bags under eyes and the splatter emoji. You can find those emoji now on your Android and iPhone devices, as ...

After beta testing, Gboard is undoing key aspects of the Emoji and GIF picker update that Android users did not particularly like. At the start of June, Google introduced a new carousel consisting of ...

Not all emojis are created equal. The sparkle emoji or red heart emoji are staples of text conversations and social media captions. But how often are you using the baggage claim icon or the ...

After beta testing started last month, Gboard for Android is now rolling out the Emoji, GIF, and Sticker picker redesign to stable users. The primary change is to bottom navigation. “ABC” at the left ...

Gboard’s emoji, GIF, sticker, and emoticon picker could soon get a minor design update. The new emoji picker removes the “All” page, which lists recent emojis, Emoji Kitchen creations, and GIFs. It ...

The first text message, a "Merry Christmas" greeting, was sent by British software programmer Neil Papworth in 1992. A year later, Nokia launched the Nokia 2110 — the first phone with the ability to ...

The orange heart recently took on an additional layer of meaning following the deaths of three missing members of the Bibas family. The orange heart can also mean warmth, friendship and care. In the ...

Soon after WIRED's global editorial director started in 2023, she sent me a message on Slack. By accident, I hearted it. A message from my very serious, very new boss. It haunts me to this day. I have ...

Just a few hours — I repeat, hours — after writing that Hollywood never releases a classic romantic movie on Valentine’s Day, I see a film that proves me wrong. It just happens to also be an ...

Google Messages is rolling out a new “double tap to heart” gesture for reacting to messages, similar to Instagram’s “like” feature. The feature is activated through a server-side update, so users need ...