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Five Halloween titles on Lionsgate Play that’ll haunt your nights
Mumbai: Spooky season is here! Be it classic jumpscares or spine-chilling true stories, Lionsgate Play has the perfect lineup to keep you entertained and scared this Halloween. With the ‘Halloweek-end’ nearing, there’s no better time to curl up with a true-blue horror film that is sure to keep you up at night. So, as the wind howls, making you ‘Prey’ For The Devil, lock your doors tight and make sure to keep all ‘Cobweb’ at bay. Look under the Shining ‘Veil’ and join your favorite stars including Courtney Cox and Lizzy Caplan for a night of terrors and tremors only on Lionsgate Play.
Prey for the Devil
Prey for the Devil follows the story of Sister Ann (Jacqueline Byers), a devoted nun who dedicates her life to understanding the Devil’s work and helping the Holy Church to rescue lost souls. Her divine calling came during her teenage years after she got pregnant by an unknown father. She later is seen preparing to perform an exorcism and comes face to face with a demonic force with mysterious ties to her past.
Cobweb
Cobweb is what nightmares are made of. Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious noise coming from the inside of his bedroom wall – a knocking that his parents insist is a fragment of his imagination. But as the sound and his fears intensify, he starts to believe that his parents may be hiding a terrible secret. Starring Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman and Woody Norman, the film is sure to leave you clutching your blanket every night.
Shining Vale: Season 1
Starring Courtney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino, Shining Vale is a horror comedy about a dysfunctional family that moves into a small town house where terrible atrocities have taken place. However, when Pat, who’s in the midst of a serious writer’s block, finds herself face to face with a ghost, she’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed. Following a series of comedic yet terrifying events, this series is for a lighthearted day.
Devil’s Workshop
A struggling actor meets a sultry demonologist and chaos ensues. When Clayton is finally called back after an audition, he decides to go the extra mile to beat his competitor. He pursues Eliza, a master of demonology to help him get into the skin of his character, but alas she’s hiding more than he can handle. Starring Timothy Granaderos, Radha Mitchell and Emile Hirsch, this film goes beyond a typical horror jumpscare.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
When two coroners start an autopsy of an unidentified girl to investigate the cause of her death, they realise there’s a lot more than meets the eye. As they get closer to the truth, bizarre events take place leading them to look beyond the usual realm of possibilities. With Brian Cox, Ophelia Lovibond, Emile Hersch and Olwen Kelly in this supernatural masterpiece, caution is suggested for all viewers who want to partake in this horror fest.
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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.
