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If you frequently use Discord, this news might upset you. Recently, Discord announced the platform will start displaying ads this upcoming week. That said, what should you know about it?

Facebook and Messenger recently announced the introduction of Community Chats, a feature that allows group organisers to create curated live Messenger chat groups similar to Discord. Through the feature, users can browse chats organised by announcements, topics, events and more instead of just relying on feed posts and comments.

After the removal of both Groovy and Rythm bot, it seems that Discord is currently working on a new feature called Watch Together, which lets users watch YouTube videos together. With that being said, the new Watch Together feature might be a little more resource intensive because the feature will play both audio and video.

If you like gaming peripherals, you would have heard of Logitech G. The brand has been rather low-profile in Malaysia in recent months, but it still launches plenty of high-quality products. Today, the company launched the Logitech G335 in Malaysia.

How many companies are going to imitate Clubhouse's voice chat rooms? The answer is probably "a lot". Ever since the app became popular, we've seen companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Xiaomi all copying the concept. But they won't be the last, as more companies are set to follow suit.

In this short announcement, it seems that multiple sources have reported that tech giant Microsoft is interested in acquiring Discord. Nothing is concrete yet, but the acquisition could go over $10 billion. Sources also reported that other companies are interested but Microsoft is the favourite here.

Originally made for gamers, Discord is now an app that's not just used for chat, but also to build communities. It's not uncommon to see large communities where people constantly share their content, even more so if it's a gaming community. With that in mind, it would seem that Discord is developing a new screen sharing function for the Android app.

Back when Samsung introduced its cross-platform feature that is coming soon on the Galaxy Note10 series, they have formally announced that their partnership with Discord which marks the first major mobile platform integration for the latter.