Answer 1: We used to have both dark mode and normal mode. We realised that with some article thumbnails the dark mode was not suiting to the eye. Therefore we decided to take off dark mode. If you have anything else regarding this, such as how to counter the issue we incountered, it is more than welcome.
It appears you've already chosen a certain shade for its dark mode
[looks good].
Answer 2: We are currently looking into updating the ads and rotating them through-out the website, thank you for this!
Noticed while scrolling down, ads remain in the page view up to a certain area prior to it moving up
[a bit annoying].
I can't recall the previous logo but this one looks simple & good.