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DocuBay and Amazon Pay join hands for an exclusive offer
MUMBAI: DocuBay, the only global membership video on demand streaming platform for documentaries, announced an exclusive partnership with leading digital payment platform Amazon Pay. With this exclusive partnership, Amazon Pay users can avail the yearly OneTribe membership of DocuBay at flat 50% off plus exclusive cashback of Rs. 200. Normally Priced at Rs.1499, those who avail the limited period offer, can enjoy the year-long OneTribe membership effectively at just Rs. 549.
To access this offer, users can select Amazon Pay as their mode of payment on DocuBay’s payment page or can also access it directly from the Amazon app. The offer is valid till 30th September.
DocuBay offers a handpicked catalogue of documentaries with an emphasis on discovery, including curated ‘Bays’ like Nature, Action, Travel, Culture, Science, Sports, and more. The catalogue includes films from over 80 countries and counting. The library consists of global award-winning features like Moonwalk One, Inside Facebook, Trump Russia, The Uber Story, Out Of the Dark with one release being added to the site daily, including a monthly ‘Docbuster’. The catalogue also includes tastefully selected documentaries from India including the multiple award winning Bastion of the Giants, Pad Yatra, Himalayan Gold Rush, Where To, Miss?; amongst others.
The annual OneTribe membership unlocks features over its premium membership priced at Rs.449, such as viewing select documentaries in 4K, viewing on multiple screens, and unlimited downloads. DocuBay is available on iOS/App Store, Android/Google Play, Apple TV, Fire TV, as well as directly through the DocuBay website – www.docubay.com.
Amazon Pay users will have a seamless experience to avail the offer and to enjoy an experience and discover quality content, through an easy and hassle-free mode of payment.
Commenting on the partnership, D Girish, VP-Strategy, DocuBay, said “For us, customer experience is sacrosanct, and it is our endeavour to partner with brands that share our ethos. Amazon Pay is a perfect match for us to reach and engage with the right set of audiences. This is an exciting phase for DocuBay, we are certain this partnership is the first of many to come.”
“We aim to enhance the overall customer experience. This partnership with DocuBay will provide our customers a seamless and secure way of paying. With the endeavour to increase affordability, customers can now enjoy enriching content.” Manesh Mahatme, Director, Experience and merchant acceptance, Amazon Pay, India
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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.
