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Gaana Originals unveils Love Edition Season 3 with India’s Most Popular Musicians
MUMBAI: Music is undoubtedly the most universal language of love. After the success of Gaana Originals Season 2 last year which achieved more than 220 mn playouts, the music app touted to be one of India’s largest has now launched the third edition of its Originals – Love Edition, and it promises to be bigger and better this time around.
The album features an impressive lineup of artists, ranging from Salim – Suleiman, Papon, Meet Bros, Tony Kakkar, Ankit Tiwari, Arko, Sonu Nigam, Kumar Sanu, Dev Negi, Nikhil D’ Souza and Sonu Kakkar among others, the latest season has already launched 4 tracks – ‘Aawara Shaam Hai’, ‘Neendo Se Breakup’, ‘Follow Me’, and ‘Zaroori Hai Kya Ishq Mein’. These tracks are based on the common theme of love and longing are the perfect feel-good ballads that'll remind you of your first crush or celebrate the special connection you enjoy with your other half. These tracks have delivered more than 40 mn playouts in the last 1 month.
Speaking on Gaana Originals, music composer Salim Merchant said “Originals are the best and purest form of music that comes straight from the heart of an artist. It requires dedication and continuous effort to keep on innovating and staying relevant over time, which is really difficult and rare in today’s scenario. I really appreciate the efforts of the Gaana team in putting together a platform for Independent artists to showcase their talent and creativity”.
“Love is best set to music—no matter where you may be. It's hard to think of a more universal human emotion than love, and over the last two years we have delivered a great list of love tracks for our users to fall back on, no matter the circumstance. With Gaana Originals Love Edition, we have collaborated with some of the most gifted musicians in the country to ensure that in the throes of 2019, music lovers have the choicest of melodies to fuel their love lives”, Prashan Agarwal, CEO, Gaana said
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Meta plans 8,000 layoffs in new AI-led restructuring wave
First phase from May 20 may cut 10 per cent workforce amid AI pivot.
MUMBAI: At Meta, the future may be artificial but the cuts are very real. The social media giant is reportedly preparing a fresh round of layoffs, with an initial wave expected to impact around 8,000 employees as it doubles down on its artificial intelligence ambitions. According to a Reuters report, the first phase of job cuts is slated to begin on May 20, targeting roughly 10 per cent of Meta’s global workforce. With nearly 79,000 employees on its rolls as of December 31, the move marks one of the company’s most significant workforce reductions in recent years.
And this may only be the beginning. Sources indicate that additional layoffs are being planned for the second half of the year, although the scale and timing remain fluid, likely to be shaped by how Meta’s AI capabilities evolve in the coming months. Earlier reports had suggested that total cuts in 2026 could reach 20 per cent or more of its workforce.
The restructuring comes as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg continues to steer the company towards an AI-first operating model, committing hundreds of billions of dollars to the transition. Internally, this shift is already visible: teams within Reality Labs have been reorganised, engineers have been moved into a newly formed Applied AI unit, and a Meta Small Business division has been created to align with broader structural changes.
The trend is hardly isolated. Across the tech sector, companies are trimming headcount while investing aggressively in automation. Amazon, for instance, has reportedly cut around 30,000 corporate roles nearly 10 per cent of its white-collar workforce citing efficiency gains driven by AI. Data from Layoffs.fyi shows over 73,000 tech employees have already lost jobs this year, compared with 153,000 in all of 2024.
For Meta, the move echoes its earlier “year of efficiency” in 2022–23, when about 21,000 roles were eliminated amid slowing growth and market pressures. This time, however, the backdrop is different. The company is financially stronger, generating over $200 billion in revenue and $60 billion in profit last year, with shares up 3.68 per cent year-to-date though still below last summer’s peak.
That contrast underlines the shift underway. These layoffs are less about survival and more about reinvention. As Meta restructures itself around AI from autonomous coding agents to advanced machine learning systems, the question is no longer whether the company will change, but how many roles will be left unchanged when it does.
