Last week, Apple made a small but significant update to the emoji set used in upcoming iOS 10 and macOS Sierra software updates. The company changed the handgun emoji, first added to the Unicode ...

I know they mean well, but Apple replacing a gun emoji with a water pistol is pointless. And there's still a bomb emoji. — Mohammed A (@moseywosey) August 2, 2016.

When Apple users update to iOS 10, the pistol emoji will be gone, and in its place they’ll find a lime green water gun. Where there once was a deadly firearm, there's now a cartoon of one of the ...

While it may not change the world, Apple seems to have taken baby steps to help start a discussion about gun violence in the U.S. In its latest round of updates, Apple has replaced its gun emoji ...

In fall, when the new version of its operating system rolls out, what was previously a pistol emoji will be replaced by a green squirt gun. In its announcement about the new set of emojis , Apple ...

A software engineer at X, owned by Elon Musk, announced that the playful picture would be replaced by an emoji depiction of a Colt M1911. Musk followed up with a reply to say the change had been ...

Apple's water gun emoji (Apple) Apple’s next iPhone and iPad operating system will no longer feature an emoji picture of a handgun. In its place will be an emoji of a green, plastic squirt gun.

While gun control in real life may be a pipe dream, the same isn’t true for the world of emojis. Now Twitter has followed Apple, Samsung, and WhatsApp and is ditching the handgun emoji for a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Following an online push for Apple to remove the gun emoji, the tech giant decided to replace the regular gun emoji with a water gun. It’s being met with mixed ...

Ironically, Microsoft initially displayed the gun emoji as a toy, but changed it to a revolver in 2016 as part of its emoji redesign project. With Google’s (and Facebook’s) ...

Microsoft and Apple are on opposing sides of the gun emoji debate, with the former debuting a pistol icon as part of its Windows 10 Update. Skip to main content. Menu Digital Trends ...