Thanks Talon
#1: I'm able to access the sign-in icon better than before. Tapping it does nothing at first, but swiping diagonally from lower-left and up "into-it" opens the sign-in icon. After doing this once, "touching up inside" the sign-in icon begins to function normally.
#2: Sorry to hear everyone's experiencing this issue. It's a bad experience.
#3: I found a way around this problem. When I scroll to the video gamer ad, the scroll feature gets stuck and I can't scroll past it. But if I swipe left on the above shipment numbers, i get the black background, which I can use to continue scrolling down.
Thanks for the help. I hope these issues get resolved.
Best,
snyps