WhatsApp 'Text Bomb': Emoji Messages Crash Apps and Smartphones in Seconds Published May 08, 2018 at 7:54 AM EDT Updated May 08, 2018 at 9:36 AM EDT The WhatsApp logo is seen on a smartphone.

Bad news for people who frequently use the 😂 emoji: It is no longer cool. In recent weeks, two internet-savvy generations have been clashing in videos and comments on TikTok over the hallmarks ...

A security researcher found a way to crash WhatsApp with an emoji bomb. WhatsApp is a low-cost ... to share text messages but also images and videos. Facebook acquired the messaging service ...

iPhone text 'bomb' can crash iOS 13 with just a ... But some have claimed that other emoji will work too, with videos showing iPhones reduced to almost not working at all after receiving the text ...

But others defended Cher's good intentions and "innocent mistake." No one bothered to explain why a bomb emoji even exists.

These are the kind of questions that trigger heated debates and verbal bomb tossing — or at ... the expanding vocabulary has given us an emoji movie, emoji short story contests and books written ...