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Giphy logo seen displayed on a smartphone with Meta logos in the background

Meta Is Ordered by a U.K. Regulator to Sell Giphy, its GIF Search Engine

Meta has been subject to many antitrust lawsuits over the past few years.
By Rachyl Jones

U.K. Regulator Orders Meta to Sell Giphy

The Competition Markets Authority is pushing Meta to sell Giphy, saying its acquisition of the company limits competition in the market.
By Isabella Simonetti
Baby Yoda

Baby Yoda Shows Us the Force of Intellectual Property Rights

IP protection allows us to travel to a galaxy far, far away, without being trampled by a bantha herd of lawsuits.
By Ross Marchand
A GIF by Robert Beatty.

The GIF Turns 30 Years Old With an IRL Art Show

By Alanna Martinez
GIFs are only really popular now, but they've actually been around since Indy's heyday.

This Week in Tech History: GIFs Invade the Internet, First RPG Released

By John Bonazzo
Payal Kadakia, co-founder of ClassPass, one of this year's Tech Insurgents. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)

The Observer’s 2015 Tech Insurgents

By Jack Smith IV

There Is a Silent, Feature Length Film Made Entirely of GIFs and It's Transcendental

By Jack Smith IV

Thanks to Internet Magic, GIFs Are Now Embeddable on Facebook

By Jordan Valinsky

The Internet Comes Full Circle: Giphy Launches Screensavers Made of Endless Looping GIFs

By Molly Mulshine
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