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After Meta announced it was buying Giphy three years ago, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority watchdog became concerned about antitrust issues and, in November 2021, the regulator ordered Meta to divest itself of its new purchase. Meta appealed that decision last year and fought the forced sale, arguing in its filing to the CMA that GIFs weren’t as trendy anymore, “with younger users in particular describing GIFs as ‘for boomers’ and ‘cringe.’ It added that Giphy wouldn’t make it on its own, and that only “weak or inappropriate” buyers would be interested in taking Giphy off of Meta’s hands. Meta lost its appeal, with the CMA noting that “the only way to avoid the significant impact the deal would have on competition” would be for Meta to sell Giphy, per the AP.

In addition to losing more than 85% of what it initially paid, Meta has also been hit with more than $70 million in fines from the CMA for going ahead with a merger without approval, reports Ars Technica. “It was Facebook’s decision to complete the merger before getting CMA clearance,” Tom Smith, an exCMA legal director, said.

Most other geysers seem to be fueled by shallower reserves; deeper equals warmer, so that could be a factor in Steamboat’s ability to propel water to heights of more than 300 feet. Michael Poland with the USGS earlier this year said it’s possible that increased snowfall in Yellowstone of late has led to more groundwater to fuel the geyser. What scientists are saying is that there’s no link between the increased activity and any potential looming eruption of Yellowstone’s supervolcano. “Yellowstone has an incredible geyser system that is unrelated to magmatic activity—other than the magmatic system basically providing heat,” tweeted one volcanologist. USA Today noted that the Waimangu Geyser in New Zealand has managed to shoot water taller than Steamboat has, but it’s been

NFL Approves Fair-Catch Twist to Kickoffs

The NFL on Tuesday announced its team owners approved a new kickoff rule in the name of player safety at the spring meeting. The rule will be in place for at least one year.

A receiving team that calls for a fair catch below the 25-yard line will get the ball at the 25 to start the drive. The rule goes like this:

After a fair catch is made, or is awarded as the result of fair-catch interference, the receiving team has the option of putting the ball in play by either a: a). fair-catch kick (drop kick or placekick without a tee) from the spot of the catch (or the succeeding spot after enforcement of any applicable penalties or rule) (3-10 and 11-4-3), or (b). snap from the spot of the catch (or the succeeding spot after enforcement of any applicable penalties), unless a player on the receiving team makes a fair catch of a free kick behind the receiving team’s 25-yard line, in which case the ball will be put in play at the receiving team’s 25-yard line.

”Note: A receiver may make or be awarded a fair catch in his end zone. If there is fair-catch interference or illegal contact with the receiver after he has made a fair catch.”

Not everyone in the NFL world was happy about the new rule. Former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee blasted the idea when it was initially floated Monday. He said on his program ”nobody really likes” the rule.

“It’s the most amateur, bush-leaguelooking bull crap I have seen in a long time when it comes to the NFL,” McAfee said.