Most of them created realistic designs for the emoji, modeled after real-life pistols. While Microsoft’s looked more like a ray gun from a science fiction movie. But in iOS 10, Apple was the ...

But the emoji hadn’t depicted realistic guns for years. Until now. Broni calls the change one of the most significant updates to emoji design in years. Critics of the platform’s direction ...

In real-world cases, emoji have appeared in more than 1,000 legal proceedings in the US since 2010. Symbols such as the knife, gun, crown, and aubergine are increasingly used to communicate ...