The tech giant Google follows companies like Apple and Samsung in rolling out a water gun emoji as a replacement for the handgun.

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 ...

However, anti-gun violence campaigners support Apple's decision to replace the gun emoji with a water pistol as a step in the right direction. New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, who put pressure on ...

To meme or not to meme, that is the question. With millennials comprising 35% of the workforce and Gen Z expected to reach 30% by 2030, the use of emojis, emoticons, and memes in the workplace is ...

The updated design might seem insignificant, but depicting real guns has real-world ramifications. Flick through your emoji keyboard on almost every platform or device, from Apple to Android, and ...

There will be a number of new and updated emojis in Apple's iOS 10, including a replacement for the controversial pistol emoji.

Gun control measures have stalled in the legislature repeatedly. But there does appear to be one place where gun control is catching on: the ever-more-political world of emoji.

By changing the meaning of a universal symbol, Apple's attempt to take a stand on gun control could have the opposite effect.

And you thought the #RIPHarambe meme was mercifully over? Well, you were wrong. The Internet has found a new way to keep the memory of the dead gorilla alive: a Harambe emoji. Apple released a ...

New Yorkers Against Gun Violence is calling on Apple to remove a weaponized emoji from the iPhone — one of about 300 or so communicative images the company makes available to its smartphone ...

Twitter has now followed Apple’s lead in changing its pistol emoji to a harmless, bright green water gun. And in doing so, the company that has struggled to handle the abuse, hate speech and ...

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.