Parents are embracing this approach to protect their kids’ identities until they can make their own choices about how to ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Apparently, the skull and crying face emojis now communicate that something is funny. It’s emoji-slang for “I’m dead,” which also means funny.

Well, they have really strong opinions about the use of the smiley face emoji, in particular Apple’s yellow, wide eyed grinning emoji. So what is it about the smiley face that is so wrong?

From a simple thumbs up to a laughing cowboy, there is an emoji for almost any conceivable moment. But it is the humble smiley face which is the most iconic of them all. However, if you've been ...

Finally, an emoji to represent us all is coming soon: An exhausted face with bags under its eyes. It’s one of eight new emojis that will appear on smartphones and computers next year ...

When I can’t summon the appropriate words, this emoji speaks for me. It is, of course, the Melting Face emoji. Announcing this year’s lineup, music festival Coachella dropped an “embarrassed ...

But, in the end, no emoji was better suited for the ups and downs 2022 than the saluting face. Everyone from an ex-pro Call of Duty gamer to a Berkeley City Council member to musician Zephani Jong ...