Steve Wilhite, inventor of the graphics interchange format, also known as GIF, died this month at the age of 74. Animated or not, GIFs may now be a common, free feature of the internet, but the tech ...

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GIFs are inescapable, infiltrating almost every way we communicate in 2017. And now, with a new series from GIPHY, the world can choose from a much more inclusive array of options. Timed with Black ...

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While there are troves of films and photographs from the era of World War I America, the National World War I Museum and Memorial is reviving them for today's audiences. Specifically, they’re using ...

The story of the GIF, which is now 25 years old, is told in this stop-motion video. A Short History of the Gif | Moving the Still from LEGS MEDIA on Vimeo.

The Internet's favorite graphic format has actually been around for 29 years, and it's the 30th anniversary of Dragon Quest. A Western Union telegram.

Last week, the family of the man who invented the GIF, Stephen Wilhite, announced that he had passed away at the age of 74 due to complications from COVID-19. While he claimed to have “never got 1 ...