Originally, every firm showed the emoji as a firearm, except Microsoft, which designed it as a Buck Rogers-style ray gun. In 2016, however, Apple changed it from a firearm to a water pistol.

The World Emoji Day on July 17 marked the eleventh annual global celebration of the event. The subsequent day, July 18, marks the day X (Twitter) decided it was a good idea to revert the water gun ...

Update April 27, 1:48pm CT: Microsoft announced it would replace its pistol emoji with a water gun two days after Google made the switch. The company said it’s evolving its emojis to “reflect ...

Years after Twitter replaced the pistol emoji with a green and orange water gun, X has decided to change it back to a regular handgun. An X employee announced the change in a post last week.

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Bullets are out, water is in. Apple is replacing the controversial pistol emoji with a green water gun in the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 10.

Bullets are out, water is in. Apple is replacing the controversial pistol emoji with a green water gun in the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 10.

Apple will introduce more than 100 new or updated emojis this fall and one icon is striking a nerve: the gun.The revolver emoji will be replaced with a neon green water pistol, reports The ...

Apple is releasing more than 100 new and redesigned emoji characters for their iOS 10 update available for iPhone and iPad users this fall. Skip to content WATE 6 On Your Side ...

Elon Musk ditched the water gun for a pistol emoji on X. It’s a worrying shot in the culture wars The updated design might seem insignificant, but depicting real guns has real-world ramifications.

Heads up, Apple users: the pistol emoji available on Apple devices soon will be no more. Apple said Monday that the pistol emoji will be removed from the keyboard and replaced with a lime green ...