GIF, once called “the file format of the internet generation”, is declining in use as young users say GIFs are “cringe” and MP4 videos make the format outdated (Kaitlyn Tiffany/The Atlantic)

David Cohen / Adweek:
Twitter rolls out its mixed media feature globally, letting Android and iOS users include up to four videos, images, and GIFs in the same tweet  —  Up to 4 GIFs, photos and/or videos can be included

Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
A look at video site Rumble, which has been on an upward trajectory since 2020, when right-wing star Dan Bongino moved from YouTube and took an equity stake  —  The most serious of the “alt-tech” social-media platforms appealing to right-wing “anti-censorship” voices often slides under the radar.

Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
A look at “gradient accounts” on Twitter that have color gradients as profile pictures, post viral “relatable” content, and are often accused of stealing tweets  —  Here’s a very popular tweet: “she’s a 10 but she cries on her birthday every year.”  —  Solid.  Concise.

Yaling Jiang / South China Morning Post:
Tiffany, Pomellato, and other luxury brands are creating and marketing NFTs to reach young potential consumers in China, despite the country banning NFT trading  —  As in the rest of the world, the metaverse is generating marketing buzz in China.  Unlike the rest of the world …

Lucy Craymer / Reuters:
Pacific island nation Tuvalu says it plans to build a replica of itself in the metaverse to preserve history and culture, as rising seas threaten its existence  —  Tuvalu said on Tuesday it plans to build a digital version of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history …

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
New York- and Bengaluru-based Amagi, a streaming video and ads infrastructure startup, raised a $100M+ Series F led by General Atlantic at a $1.4B valuation  —  Amagi, which offers cloud broadcast and targeted advertising software to scores of media and entertainment giants …