As per Emojipedia, there are in fact just seven new basic emojis: Distorted Face, Fight Cloud, Orca, Hairy Creature (think Bigfoot), Trombone, Landslide, and Treasure Chest. The 163 figure comes from ...

For reference, Unicode 17.0 came out on September 9, introducing well over 160 new characters. The current stable version of ...

With Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 1, there is a new map, which means new characters. Throughout the season, you'll need to interact with characters to progress through quests or spend your gold to ...

Matthew Rhys in "The Beast in Me." (Credit: Chris Saunders/Netflix) “The Beast in Me” watches an unusual relationship unfold between recluse author Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) and egotistical real ...

The roster of playable characters in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is a big one. You've got the sages from Tears of the Kingdom, a Hylian warrior who excels at parrying, Zora fighters, and even ...

Last week, the embattled chatbot platform Character.AI said that it would move to ban minors from conversing with its many thousands of AI companion and roleplay bots. Site users, including ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...

The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves. By Natallie Rocha and Kashmir Hill Natallie ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...

After school, Karandeep Anand often finds his 6-year-old daughter deep in conversation with an AI chatbot as she eats snacks at their kitchen counter. She’s too young to type—let alone have her own ...