Microsoft changed its gun emoji from a ray gun to a revolver. Here's why. Subscribe ... Windows 10's poop emoji doesn't smile, as Apple's does, because while it may be cute, ...

On July 18, X employee @yacineMTB announced that they had made the change back to the gun emoji on the X website. "Fixed on web, soon to be fixed in rendering on mobile!" Elon Musk said in a reply ...

An X employee tweeted about the change last week, noting that the gun emoji has returned to 'its rightful form' on the X website. It will happen on mobile 'soon,' says Elon Musk.

This ramp-up is reflected in its technology, as well. iOS 5 introduced a standard emoji keyboard — if you knew how to find it. The menu was buried in the international keyboard options.

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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.

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

It appears Google is the latest tech company to replace its gun emoji with a water pistol. According to Emojipedia, a search engine for emojis, Google is rolling out an update to Android users to ...