Looking Out For New Emojis 👀

The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

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🗓️ 15 January 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Ten News Gets Extra: 😀 Did you know that new emojis have been rolling out? 😮 117 of them! 🎧 Listen in for what new ones are showing up on devices around the world. 🌎 Show creator Tracy Leeds Kaplan sits down with Jennifer Daniel, head of the emoji subcommittee at the Unicode Consortium, to talk about the world of emojis. 🤪 Have you read the emoji version of Moby Dick? 🧠 And, test your emoji knowledge on today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 🌎 Visit https://unicode.org/consortium/consort.html to learn more! ✔️ Sign up for the Ten News Newsletter! 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: [email protected] 🎇 Follow the show on Instagram 🌍 Check out our website for sources and a transcript of today's episode! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Smiley.
0:04.9	Upside down, smiley.
0:07.6	Rainbow.
0:08.7	Whale.
0:10.1	Pink heart.
0:11.9	Shrug.
0:12.8	Today we're discovering new emojis and sharing our favorites.
0:19.3	I'm Bethany Van Delft.
0:20.6	It's Saturday, January 15th, and this is no ordinary episode of the 10 News.
0:26.2	This is the 10 News Gets Extra.
0:28.6	10.
0:29.0	9. 8. 7. 6. 5, 4, 3.
0:32.8	2. 1.
0:37.1	We've been waiting patiently, and now we're finally getting to see brand new emojis in action.
0:45.9	117 new designs, to be exact, are being rolled out in the latest emoji update, including 16 handshake combinations, a face with one eye
0:56.8	peeking, and six sets of hands making a heart.
1:01.0	Aww!
1:03.0	These new emojis represent different genders, races, and identities, with more skin tones
1:10.0	for emoji royalty, gender neutral dancer emojis,
1:14.0	and emojis for pregnant non-binary people and trans men.
1:18.6	Bravo emojis.
1:21.9	This update brings the total number of emojis to 3633, and they're used by 90% of people worldwide. That makes
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