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Rario Mobile app onboards 150+ cricketers as ambassadors
Mumbai: Rario, a digital collectibles platform for cricket fans, has unveiled its highly anticipated mobile app. The platform has also onboarded over 150 exclusive players as brand ambassadors, which includes Sachin Tendulkar, Faf Du Plessis, Kane Williamson, David Warner, Pat Cummins, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Rashid Khan, Virender Sehwag, KL Rahul, and Smriti Mandhana. Furthermore, Rario has established partnerships with cricket boards, leagues, and IPL teams, giving them a roster to over 1500 cricketers.
Rario’s new mobile app provides a seamless and personalized experience for its users. The app offers improved search, buy-and-sell functionality, integrated gameplay features as well as customized alerts and a personalized interface. The app also includes D3, a free-to-play cricket strategy game that offers exciting rewards. Rario’s blockchain technology ensures that all digital cards have a tamper-proof record of ownership and transaction history, providing users with peace of mind and increased security.
Rario CEO & co-founder Ankit Wadhwa, expressed excitement at the new product launch and stated, “We are a fan-first company, endlessly striving to transform the landscape of cricket fandom, through digital sports memorabilia and curated fan experiences. With the latest edition of the IPL, we’ve incorporated new features to make the experience safe and enjoyable.”
Rario’s lineup of players and its mobile app make it the go-to destination for cricket fans around the world. The platform has partnerships with some of the biggest cricket boards, leagues, and teams worldwide, including Cricket Australia, New Zealand Cricket, Zimbabwe Cricket Board, Afghanistan Cricket Board, Punjab Kings, and Gujarat Titans, as well as cricket leagues such as Big Bash League, Women’s Big Bash League, Super Smash, Hero Caribbean Premier League, Lanka Premier League, Abu Dhabi T10 League, and Legends League Cricket.
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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.
