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An update to Unicode Standard is now available, and introduces approximately 250 emoji pictographic symbols, including the long-awaited middle finger.

Unicode’s list of “approximately 250” new emoji, which are highlighted in yellow in the new unicode charts released today, include lots of useful (and diverting!) symbols.

Unicode 15.0 will support a total of 149.186 characters, including 3,664 emoji characters (once you account for all modifiers, including those for skin, hair color, and gender). Related Stories ...

Unicode is launching a fund-raising campaign called "Adopt-a-Character," which allows you to adopt any emoji, letter, number, or symbol on the keyboard. Different characters cost different amounts ...

The Unicode Consortium has released the most popularly used emoji for the first time ever. The Unicode Consortium sets the international standards for characters, including emoji, across software ...

We've seen a lot of important news over the past few days during Google I/O, but we know all you really care about it when Unicode is going to introduce a falafel emoji. You'll be pleased to see ...