Facebook is reaching out to give the world a hug -- in the form of an emoji people can share while staying safely apart. Facebook has unveiled two new ‘care’ emojis which show support for the ...

Meanwhile, the use of expanded emoji reactions has become more common since Facebook’s emoji reaction set debuted in 2015. Since then, other social media sites adopted their use, like LinkedIn.

Hugging Face, a company named after the hugging face emoji, is bringing its AI bot from private to public beta today and is now available in the iOS App Store.

Facebook says the 'Care' reaction -- an emoji hugging a heart -- is meant as a sign of caring and solidarity during the COVID-19 crisis.

The emoji, which features a smiling face hugging a red heart, will be one of seven possible "like" reactions for Facebook posts. On Facebook Messenger, the new reaction will consist of a pulsing ...

The emoji is actually called the "hugging face" on Emojipedia, the same name the emoji is encoded as, said Burge. The description says "A face displayed with an open hands gesture, offering a hug." ...

The new "Care" reaction is an emoji hugging a heart and is being rolled out as people may need some extra compassion during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will join Like, Love, Haha, Wow, Sad and Angry.

If you send Apple's new "hugging face" emoji, you might not be sending the hug someone needs to get through difficult times. Apple's hug emoji follows the trend of a round, smiling face with two ...

After the sexting is done and you're in cuddle mode, this new hugging emoji is the perfect way to virtually snuggle up. It's not quite as satisfying as spooning IRL, but the little emoji face sure ...

Emoji additions proposed for Unicode 9 include bacon, avocado, shrug, croissant, owl, selfie, drooling face, and more. Tags: Emoji, Unicode 8, Unicode Consortium ...