I’m not trying to write this much about Twitter. I’m really not. But Twitter’s really trying it, and I feel it’s my professional responsibility to tug the reins to get it back on track. Specifically, ...

WhatsApp is finally rolling out one of its smallest but most awaited features — chat reactions. That’s right: now you can use emoji to react to a message in individual and group chats, without having ...

Starting today, Twitter is testing Tweet Reactions in Turkey for a limited time. Users in the region will be able to react to tweets using , , and , in addition to . But if you can’t remember the ...

Don't limit yourself to the thumbs-down emoji when you don't like something. Try the face vomiting emoji, instead. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news ...

WhatsApp for iOS is finally rolling out Reactions 2.0. With that, users can now choose any emoji they would like to react to a message in a single or group chat. Here’s what you need to know about ...

After testing new delivered/read indicators and a photo picker redesign, Google Messages is beginning to roll out full emoji reactions for some users. For some time now, long-pressing on an RCS chat ...

Message reacts have been my go-to way on Telegram and Instagram to communicate with people about how I feel about their message. But a minority of my contacts use Telegram, as most of them are on ...

Casey Newton is a contributing editor who has been writing about tech for over 10 years. He founded Platformer, a newsletter about Big Tech and democracy. Workplace chat phenomenon Slack today is ...