A picture may tell a thousand words, but the secret meaning behind an emoji can be enough to strike fear into any parent’s heart. We all use emojis and acronyms to bring some light hearted fun to our ...

When I imagined life with teenagers, I seriously underestimated how much time I’d spend just trying to decode what they were saying (cracked? Sigma? Crash out?) and their cryptic emoji use (what does ...

(InvestigateTV) — A laughing face with tears of joy, a simple red heart, a thumbs up—for most parents, these are the familiar, harmless emojis that pepper their children’s text messages. They are the ...

Netflix’s four-part British miniseries ‘Adolescence’ is one of the most powerful pieces of TV you’re likely to see this year. It’s raw and honest in its portrayal of social issues such as male rage, ...

Imagine sending a simple emoji in a text message—just a cheerful smiley face or a thumbs-up—without a second thought. Now, what if I told you that same emoji could secretly carry hidden instructions ...

Text emojis apparently aren’t just for teenagers anymore, with news outlets reporting how top American officials used them in high-level, Signal message chats last week that included details about U.S ...

Security researcher Paul Butler has discovered a way to hide data within an emoji. He was able to encode invisible messages in Unicode emojis by manipulating their variation selectors, which are ...