Emoji date back to 1999 when they first appeared on Japanese cell phones. But it’s history goes further than that, because ...

This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED For decades, choosing an emoji has been constrained to what's available on your smartphone's keyboard.

Monica Riordan, a computer-mediated communication professor ... Evans compared the upside-down smiley emoji to rolling one's eyes or shrugging in real life. Because tone of voice and facial ...

Frank Smiley, a longtime writer and producer for Conan O’Brien, lost his home to the Palisades fire Tuesday. Now, like thousands of victims of the devastating Los Angeles County fires ...