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New update - Google told the media that the recent video loading times aren't caused by the company but rather, due to the newest AdBlock and AdBlock Plus updates.

If you feel the video loading times are longer than usual, you're not alone. According to a few posts on Reddit (like here and there), it has been confirmed that Google/YouTube has purposely slowed down the speed, particularly if you have ad blockers turned on. 

Google today announced a couple of new features that are coming to Google Search that are sure to make our lives better online. The new features are a new module that will show relevant search results from online forums such as Reddit and Quora and the other is a new way to find translated news coverage using machine learning.

The Indonesian government has blocked several popular websites and online services in the country, most notably online gaming platforms Steam and Epic Games as well as social site Reddit. Interestingly enough, the blocking of these sites was made known by esports organisation Team Secret via a meme post on its social media pages.

Reddit has evolved by allowing users to get comments as search results for the very first time. With the update, when users search for something on the site, it is no longer restricted to the original posts, communities, and individual users.

Twitter has introduced quite some new features in recent years. However, not every one of them was able to win users' hearts. Earlier, the company announced that it had to take away Fleets, an Instagram Stories-like feature, as "it hasn't seen an increase in the number of new people joining the conversation with Fleets like it hoped." Now, the social media platform is serving something new called Communities, and it's what we've seen on its rivals.

Earlier today, Reddit recently gave an announcement on their blog stating that they’ve given a preview to a new feature called Reddit Talk that’s similar to Clubhouse. Reddit Talks will usually be hosted within subreddits where moderators can help moderate the topics being discussed.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sure been busy these days. Last week, it accused Facebook of running a monopoly and demanded the sale of Instagram and WhatsApp. Now, the organisation has placed nine tech companies under investigation.

In this age of the internet, privacy and security are major concerns. So when it was reported that iOS apps were caught accessing clipboard data, it's understandable that people were more than worried. Most companies have already fixed or started to fix this issue, however, with Reddit and LinkedIn the next to do so.

Are you a Pokemon fan in Malaysia? If you are, we found interesting news of a Pokemon fan mod game currently in development. Found in Reddit, a Pokemon fan is working on a mod that's based on Malaysia and it honestly looks awesome!!

It appears that Apple has made the first move in shutting down iTunes by closing down their Instagram account, as spotted by a Reddit user. Not only that, all posts on the official iTunes Facebook account has been removed as well.