Emojis were created to convey thoughts more easily - but they seem more confusing than ever. Texting someone your age or older is fairly straightforward. Texting a teen on the other hand? We can ...

The history of hand gestures: Who knew?! Why do we use our hands to express ourselves? Many hand gesture meanings go back millennia, but if you’ve spent any time online lately, you know that hand ...

My editor Deb loves to ruin things. One time she used her Ph.D. in Italian to ruin an entire emoji. The emoji in question is a common Italian hand gesture that, roughly translated, means “what the ...

David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Zoom’s reaction emoji are ...

Tommy DeVito has taken over the NFL news cycle in the last couple of weeks and not just for his impressive play on the field. The Giants quarterback has become a cultural phenomenon, thanks to his ...

Using simple hand gestures during video calls seems to improve people’s experience of such interactions. Paul Hills at University College London (UCL) came up with a set of gestures after many video ...