Here’s how it works. Microsoft is adding a number of new emoji symbols for Windows 10, and one of them will offer a way to give other people the finger.

"The middle finger emoji was approved as part of Unicode 7 in mid-2014, yet has curiously remained absent from iOS, OS X, Android, and Windows. Until now," according to the Emojipedia blog post.

No, I’m not talking about Cortana or the Edge browser, but the middle finger emoji. Yes, once Windows 10 rolls out you’ll be able to flip the bird to your friends and family.

In Windows 10, Microsoft is giving everyone the middle finger—or at least, the option to use one. The new operating system, which will arrive on PCs this later summer and on phones before the ...

Alas, change comes slowly — even in tech. Case in point: Windows 10 will display the middle-finger emoji if you view the character on a website or copy/paste it from somewhere else. But it will still ...

Photo via emojipedia.org If you are a Microsoft fan, today’s your lucky day. According to Quartz, the tech giant’s update to Windows 10 will offer the middle-finger emoji option, in an array ...

Read update WhatsApp v 2.12.208 makes this middle finger emoji visible for everyone inside the app so you no longer have to jump through hoops to use it. It's even skin tone modifiable.

It’s not on the onscreen emoji keyboard, but you can copy and paste it into (some) apps. Maybe we’ll get an update soon with better Middle Finger support. Where you at, Apple? Google?

Alas, change comes slowly — even in tech. Case in point: Windows 10 will display the middle-finger emoji if you view the character on a website or copy/paste it from somewhere else.

New emoji coming to iOS 9.1 / Credit: Emojipedia Disclosure: I own a small number of shares in Apple stock. About five months ago, Apple released iOS 8.3 with racially diverse emoji. When Apple ...