King County's new food safety rating system is based on the emoji -- aka the smiley face -- to indicate which restaurants are safe to eat at.

The world has continued its love affair with “face with tears of joy,” a crass, blunt instrument of an emoji. That’s according to data released by the Unicode Consortium.

Companies are using emojis to promote their brand 02:09. If the idea of your own head replacing an illustrated smiley face freaks you out, well, it may be some relief to know there's no guarantee ...

That’s where the melting face emoji comes in. The face, fixed with a content half-smile even as it dissolves into a puddle, is one of 37 new emojis approved this year by the Unicode Consortium, ...