advertisement 08-10-2017 TECH Smirking Cat Face, Bento Box, Tornado. Where Do Emoji Come From? The tiny symbols that are so integral to digital culture undergo a strict vetting process by Unicode.

In celebration of World Emoji Day, the Unicode Consortium this week confirmed the new emoji characters that will be added to Unicode 17 in the fall.

A new emoji with an uneven face and rosy cheeks is driving the internet wild. One eye is open, one eyebrow is slightly furrowed, and the mouth is doing something pretty inexplicable.

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, which also ...