https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-puts-a-new-emoji-face-on-its-executive-team/

World Emoji Day is Tuesday, and Apple is getting into the spirit by recasting the photos on its executive team page as emojis.

Personal avatars are hot. Nintendo kicked off the craze in 2006 on the Wii console, and everyone from Samsung to Snap have followed suit, allowing users to create personalized images. The avatars that took over Apple's exec page are part of the company's new Memoji, make-your-own avatar expanding off Apple's Animoji.