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 ...

Deep in the bowels of the avant-garde, glass and metal MIT Media Lab, graduate student Kevin Hu is making faces into an ornate mirror. He opens his eyes and mouth as wide as possible in a caricature ...

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 ...

I have a love/hate relationship with animated GIFs. They’re often funny, but they can also be annoying—thank goodness Twitter banned them from profile pictures. There are times, however, when GIFs can ...