CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Apple has yet to adopt the Unicode 17 characters, which were officially revealed in July 2025. Unicode 17 emojis are set to ...

Apple is expected to expand the emoji library on iPhone with a new set of nine symbols planned for the upcoming iOS 26.4, an update projected ...

Apple released iOS 18.2 in 2024 and the company introduced its own emoji generator, called Genmoji, to Apple Intelligence-capable iPhones. The Unicode Standard, a universal character encoding standard ...

Get ready for new emoji in late 2026. Explore the fresh additions like the pickle emoji and what it brings to messaging.

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

When it comes to texting, there are probably two types of messages one can receive: messages you'll struggle to find the right emoji for, or messages where a single emoji isn't enough to quickly ...

The latest WhatsApp beta build introduces sticker suggestions, eliminating the extra step of opening the sticker panel.

Not everyone is a fan of the generic iOS message reactions, called Tapbacks. The six original Tapbacks were a heart, thumbs up or down, a "Haha," exclamation points or a question mark. Some people ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...