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It's not a phase: How to celebrate World Goth Day in Europe

Wake the dead! World Goth Day celebrations are once again underway across the continent. Here's how you can take part.

Euronews

Verbosity? Viral zooperstars? GIPHY's 2025 trend predictions are a wild ride

Prepare for a Gen Z takeover.

Creative Bloq

7 things to do while you wait for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 to launch

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches in just mere hours (or already, if you took a trip to New Zealand). Here are a few things to do to help pass the time while you wait for launch in your region.

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Google’s AI future depends on Android—a DOJ threat to split it off is an existential crisis

The closest Big Tech has come to a breakup was the Microsoft case a quarter-century ago.

Fortune

The Mean Girls Reboot Has Finally Dropped So Here Are Some Of The Major Changes

There's gonna be spoilers, duh!

Pedestrian.tv

Scrutiny of OpenAI and Microsoft relationship could affect how AI industry grows and innovates

The boardroom of OpenAI, the business that developed ChatGPT, has seen some turbulent times recently. But while the drama around the sacking and reinstatement of CEO Sam Altman has subsided, the company now faces investigation by the UK competitor authority – a regulator that’s been increasingly training its spotlight on…

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The old cowshed in rural Wales where the world’s most influential people meet

'If you can find work that means something to you, then you’ll find a way to get good at it, and then if you get good at it, you’ll have a nice life'

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Can an A.I. algorithm spot the next Facebook or Uber?

Moonfire is launching its second $115 million fund that uses an A.I. platform to vet and help human investors select its investments.

Fortune

Facebook owner Meta sells Giphy at a loss of more than $260m

Stock image service Shutterstock buys gif search engine after Meta’s acquisition blocked by regulators

The Guardian - UK

How to make a GIF on iPhone

A picture paints a thousand words but knowing how to make GIF on iPhone can make a bigger impact

Tom’s Guide

UK’s competition watchdog aims for leading global role

Ruling against Microsoft Activision merger looks like warning shot as CMA takes on task of regulating big tech after Brexit

The Guardian - UK

Why do cats and dogs get the zoomies?

Does your cat or dog suddenly get a burst of energy and perform athletic feats around the house that would make even a gold medallist jealous? Welcome to the world of zoomies.

The Conversation

The U.K. Competition Authority 'Wins,' but Consumers Lose

U.K. regulators shut down Meta/GIPHY deal in favor of their own “approved buyer.”

Reason

SpaceX Starlink's New In-Flight Connectivity Service, Amazon's NY Workers Reject Union, Celsius Network Faces Several Federal Investigations: Top Stories Wednesday, Oct. 19

Reuters US Lawmakers Plan Hearing On Kroger, Albertsons' $25B Merger

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The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Kanye’s dark twisted social media fantasy

The artist now known as Ye wants to buy the ‘free-speech’ social network Parler after being banned from major sites. But hopes for a rightwing splinternet, where anything goes, is not so easy

The Guardian - UK

Bank is taking a risk in cracking on with first QT sale

Longer delay might have been mildly embarrassing but would be the safer approach

Asharq Al-Awsat

Meta Accepts UK Order to Sell Giphy after Antitrust Battle

Britain's competition regulator has ordered Facebook-owner Meta to sell animated-images platform Giphy on Tuesday after a tribunal upheld its view that the acquisition could damage its rivals and remove a potential competitor in advertising. Meta said it would accept the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) order to unwind the 2020…

The Independent UK

Meta agrees to sell Giphy, ending battle with UK regulators

Facebook parent Meta says it will sell off Giphy after running out of options to thwart a ruling by U.K. regulators, who again found that the deal to buy the GIF-sharing platform would limit competition and innovation

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Evening Standard

Meta suffers blow after being ordered to abandon $315 million Giphy takeover

Meta said it would not be contesting the decision

The Independent UK

Meta ordered to sell Giphy as UK competition watchdog confirms decision

The Competition and Markets Authority has reiterated a decision it first made last year.

The Guardian - UK

Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confirms ruling

CMA says takeover of gif creation website limits choice for social media users

The Guardian - UK

‘Gifs are cringe’: how Giphy’s multimillion-dollar business fell out of fashion

Generational divide threatens future of tech firm as it seeks approval for $400m takeover by Facebook owner Meta

Asharq Al-Awsat

Meta Fights to Overturn UK Order to Sell Giphy

Facebook owner Meta started its appeal on Monday against Britain's ruling that it must sell Giphy, arguing the fact that rival Snap offered far less to buy the animated-images provider undermined the rationale used to block the deal. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last year ordered Meta to sell…

The Guardian - US

‘He helped shape the modern world’: gif inventor Stephen Wilhite dies after getting Covid

He created the image file format that defined an internet culture for decades in 1987 while working at CompuServe

Benzinga

GIF Architect Succumbs To COVID-19 At 74: Bloomberg

Graphics Interchange Format creator Steve Wilhite succumbed to Covid-19 in early March after a two-week struggle, Bloomberg reports. The computer scientist was 74. Wilhite's team at CompuServe developed the GIF in 1987 before it became a signature feature of the early web and the go-to means for social media jokes, memes,…

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