#GIF inventor Steve Wilhite dead from COVID-19 complications
“GIF inventor Steve Wilhite dead from COVID-19 complications” Steve Wilhite, the computer scientist who created the popular GIF file format in 1987, died in intensive care last Monday from complications of COVID-19, a report said. He was 74. Wilhite contracted the virus just two weeks before his death and was hospitalized near their home in…