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All your reaction GIFs now belong to Facebook, as it buys Giphy for $400M

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Ironically, their logo is static, not animated.

Enlarge / Ironically, their logo is static, not animated. (credit: Giphy)

Seven years ago, Facebook claimed not to support the 21st century’s new favorite communication tool, the animated GIF. Oh, how times have changed: Today, Facebook’s newest acquisition is one of the Internet’s most popular GIF hosting sites.

Facebook is making Giphy part of the Instagram team, the company said today. Axios, which was first to report the transaction, said the deal was valued at about $ 400 million.

According to Facebook, about half of Giphy’s current traffic already comes from Facebook products, especially Instagram. That’s perhaps unsurprising, given that Facebook’s big three apps—WhatsApp, Instagram, and flagship Facebook—have literally billions of daily users among them.

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TSA: All your travel are belong to us?

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Although FederalNewsRadio reported “TSA’s playbook keeps terrorists guessing,” many people would tend to agree more with consumer advocate Christopher Elliot’s statement that “Today’s TSA is a joke.
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Government Security Gurus: All Our Networks Are Belong To Them – All Things Digital

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Think US military computer networks are secure? Think again. A panel of computer security experts from across the US government told a US Senate committee yesterday that computer networks operated by the US Department of Defense are so …
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