is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. It’s unclear why Microsoft felt the need to replace its old toy gun, which ...

Microsoft is replacing an emoji it currently displays as a toy gun with a symbol for a real revolver, just a few days after Apple announced it would be swapping its own revolver emoji for a water ...

Microsoft this week replaced a toy gun emoji with a real revolver in an apparent need to conform to universal emoji standards. The change, which arrived with the company's Windows 10 Anniversary ...