New release doesn't do much for diversity, but at least you can flip the bird. Read the whole story ...

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, the company that standardizes text across the software industry, announced more than 2,800 new characters that it's adding in Version 7.0. That includes about 250 new emojis.

MeitY rejoins Unicode Consortium as a government member, influencing global standardization of text and emojis.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology rejoins the Unicode Consortium as a Supporting Member, procuring a seat at the table for India in the text and emoji standardisation body ...