Of the many social networks present on the internet, Twitter is one of the most lively, telling, and communicative platforms of all. A large part of this has to do with the interactive behavior that ...

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 ...

Current computer graphics are fairly well known and understood. But how did we get here? The evolution of computer graphics is intertwined with textual display, and it is difficult to consider the two ...

Turn any Live Photo or video on your phone into a short GIF. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can make an animated GIF on your iPhone or Mac out of any Live ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! Wired recently profiled a couple of guys at the MIT Media Lab, both of whom are working ...