as Microsoft has moved to embed an emoji shortcut into the taskbar for quicker access to fun emojis like thumbs-up, insincere rolling on the floor laughing face, and aubergine. In the latest beta ...

I’ll add a smiley face to every joke with colleagues, and on Microsoft Teams ... As soon as we realize that an emoji like thumbs up is rude or condescending, another emoji will popup that ...

(“Don’t want to have to create an entire email reply just to send a thumbs up?” Microsoft asked when its emoji feature rolled out at the end of 2022. “Reactions in Outlook is here to help!