Stephen Wilhite was merely trying to solve a technical problem when he invented the GIF, or graphics interchange format, in 1987. As a programmer at the computer-services firm CompuServe, he was ...

Every corner of the internet is packed with GIFs, whether that's an Instagram story, a comment on a Reddit post, a chat from your friend, or a promotional email from a shoe brand. And honestly, why ...

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