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Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Rich Eisen Show Top 5: Seth Rollins' 2025 Chicago Bears Wish List
Rich Eisen Show guest host WWE Superstar Seth Rollins reveals his Top 5 wish list for his beloved Chicago Bears this season.
CTV News
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Cellphones smuggled, then flushed: how rapper Top5 evaded Ontario's prison guards to shoot a music video
Toronto rapper Top5 is seen in a jail cell at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in a new music video released on June 23, 2023. (Instagram/Top5) Ontario prison guards were furiously trying to seize the cellphone camera that Toronto rapper Top5 was using to record a music video in his cell, new documents obtained by CTV News Toronto reveal. They stopped one phone from coming in that was smuggled in a visitor's bra, and wondered if their own laptop cameras had somehow been repurposed as pictures of Top5, whose real name is Hassan Ali, kept surfacing online, an investigative report says. In November 2022, guards strip-searched Ali but didn't find anything, as the rapper, who was awaiting a murder trial, taunted them that they were 'too late,' the document says. 'The inmate reportedly said the search was a week late, as he recorded himself eating cheeseburgers after receiving them from overnight correctional staff,' the report says. 'The inmate further stated that a music video would be posted via social media the following week and alleged that he utilized an iPhone 12 cellular device to capture the content before flushing it down the toilet.' The video was posted not the following week, but about seven months later in June of 2023. It showed Ali clearly behind prison walls at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton, Ont., rapping the song '21 Questions' while wearing orange jail-issue clothing. Unauthorized photography is not permitted behind bars, and at the time, Ontario's solicitor general, Michael Kerzner, vowed a full investigation. After he beat the murder charge, Ali said in interviews that he had paid a prison guard $10,000 to bring in the phone. But the investigation report, which was obtained via a freedom of information request and is heavily redacted, is silent on who that guard could have been and whether anyone was caught or punished for allowing the phone into Ali's hands. top5 The video Top5 filmed in his jail cell was posted about seven months later in June of 2023. (CTV News Toronto) Kerzner, reached Wednesday at an unrelated news conference, couldn't say either way whether anyone had been disciplined, and defended the guards, saying most do their jobs. '99.9 per cent of everyone that keeps Ontario safe does just that. I don't direct the ministry. This is an operational issue, but again, we will hold everyone to account,' he said. Ali was cleared of murder charges in September 2024, after he was accused of being involved in the shooting of 20-year-old Hashim Omar Hashi, who police said was an innocent victim gunned down at his parking garage. Ali spent time in California on the run, claiming his innocence over his social media account before he was arrested and returned the Canada. In January 2025, Ali was arrested again, this time for charges including unauthorized possession of a firearm. Hassan Ali, Top5 Hassan Ali, also known as rapper 'Top5,' speaks to reporters outside a Toronto court after being set free on Sept. 23, 2024. (CP24) On Monday night, he was stabbed hours after attending a concert by fellow Canadian rapper Drake in the United Kingdom, police there said. Fellow rapper DJ Akademiks posted on his Instagram page that he had spoken with Ali, and he was injured but would recover. 'He has a big laceration,' he said. 'It was kind of deep. He lost a lot of blood. He went through surgery. He's going to have a full recovery, that's a fact.' Thousands of cellphones are smuggled into Canadian prisons every year, a recent W5 investigation found. In the federal system, there were more than 2,700 seizures of cellphones or items related to cellphones in 2023-24, a 25 per cent climb from the previous year. In Quebec, almost 2,000 cellphones were seized in 2023-2024, a number that has almost doubled since 2021-22.
Time of India
16-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
VCs find quick fashion in vogue; India's AI edge
VCs find quick fashion in vogue; India's AI edge Also in the letter: Quick-fashion delivery startups attract fresh VC capital Who's raising: In Gurugram, Zulu Club bagged $250,000 from TDV Partners. Silkk raised $10 million to fuel its 60-minute delivery model. Snitch raised $40 million to explore quick commerce. Newme pulled in $18 million to ramp up its Gen Z push. The shopper shift: On investors' radar: Also Read: Skilling, not just scale, will define India's AI edge: Coursera CEO Current standing: What's holding it back: Economic stakes: Gen AI courses are seeing faster uptake among women, hinting at a wider cultural shift. Coursera's partnerships with state governments, such as Kerala and Odisha, and clients like Reliance and Infosys, suggest momentum is building. Hart's take: Sponsor ETtech Top 5 & Morning Dispatch! Why it matters: The opportunity: Reach a highly engaged audience of decision-makers. Boost your brand's visibility among the tech-savvy community. Custom sponsorship options to align with your brand's goals. What's next: Top AI talent attracted not just by paycheques: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Driving the news: He called Meta's lead in compute per researcher a 'strategic advantage.' While he acknowledged Meta's financial muscle as a key factor, he also highlighted the appeal of 'building a new lab from scratch' as a dealmaker. Also Read: Galacticos: Huge demand: India's wealthy tilt portfolios toward crypto The trigger: Bigger tickets: A hedge against volatility: Adoption at scale: Also Read: HCLTech eyes 15% of freshers for AI, specialist roles Driving the news: Hiring pulse: Financial snapshot: Net profit: fell 10% year-on-year to Rs 3,843 crore, missing estimates, Revenue: Rose 8% to Rs 30,349 crore, slightly ahead of expectations. Outlook for FY26: Revenue growth of 3–5% in constant currency, with EBIT margins in the 17–18% range. Quick-fashion delivery is drawing investor interest as a category ripe for reinvention. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5■ Zuckerberg pushes back■ The big, fat crypto bet■ HCLTech fresher plansInvestor interest is heating up in the quick-fashion delivery space , as startups promise curated, on-trend styles delivered Knot just raised $3 million in a round led by Kae Capital, with Sparrow Capital and the founders of Snitch, Souled Store, and Bonkers Corner also backing the startup. Knot plans to expand to Delhi, Bengaluru, and Pune.'Shopping is no longer about casual browsing. It's event-led, mood-driven and shaped by what people see on Instagram,' says Knot's cofounder Archit model borrows from the same playbook that transformed grocery delivery, this time with fashion in its sights – a sector long due for a shake-up. Agile delivery, trend-first merchandising, and the promise of instant gratification are fuelling this fresh capital HartIndia could become Coursera's biggest market by 2026, says CEO Greg Hart, but only if it plugs critical gaps in AI skills The country already has 30 million users, second only to the US, and is growing at 20% annually. Yet, on Coursera's AI Maturity Index, India ranks 46th, trailing countries like Japan and hurdle isn't scale, but readiness. India's deep pool of IT talent has yet to translate into strength in generative AI, a key area for future job opportunities and economic believes India could add $1.5 trillion to its GDP by 2030 through AI, a significant lift for its $4.1 trillion economy. And, there are bright spots:'India has the foundation; adding AI on top can create the workforce of tomorrow,' he Top 5 and Morning Dispatch are must-reads for India's tech and business leaders, including startup founders, investors, policy makers, industry insiders and Reach out to us at spotlightpartner@ to explore sponsorship an intensifying scramble for top artificial intelligence (AI) talent, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pushed back against the idea that big money alone is luring researchers to his newly launched Meta Superintelligence an interview with The Information, Zuckerberg argued that access to vast compute power gives researchers greater losing ground in the race for artificial general intelligence, Meta has gone on the offensive. It has pumped billions into AI firms like Scale AI and pulled in star talent from OpenAI, DeepMind, and urgency isn't alone. Speaking at a SoftBank event alongside SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, OpenAI chief Sam Altman pointed to the voracious global appetite for AI . Altman, also Son's business partner, stressed that as the technology becomes cheaper and more powerful, the pressure to scale infrastructure and compute will only high-net-worth individuals (HNIs) and family offices are leaning deeper into crypto , as traditional assets such as equities, gold, and bonds offer limited near-term president Donald Trump's pro-crypto pivot after last year's US election win triggered a global rally. Bitcoin shot past $120,000 , nearly doubling in value over 12 months. That momentum has shifted the mood in India too – from 'why crypto?' conversations turning into 'how much and where?' says Atul Ahluwalia of holding Rs 50 lakh–Rs 1 crore or more in digital assets make up nearly half of CoinDCX's trading volume. The platform's institutional and family office clientele has jumped 50%, according to cofounder Sumit is increasingly seen as a macro hedge. On Mudrex, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana make up nearly 70% of HNI portfolios, according to Pranjal Agarwal, the exchange's India market led the world in crypto adoption in 2024, with 119 million investors, nearly 20% of the global holders. Retail may dominate by volume, but the big money is seemingly calling the is earmarking around 15% of its fresher hiring for specialised and AI roles , in response to the rising demand for advanced tech skills.'The general assessment is that 15–20% of talent supply is AI-ready, and we're tracking close to that,' chief people officer Ram Sundararajan said during the company's post-results firm has been cultivating an 'elite cadre' of engineers, offering freshers three to four times the typical starting pay. While there's no fixed target, Sundararajan indicated this share could rise to 20% depending on availability. In Q1 FY26 , HCLTech onboarded 1,984 freshers, bringing its total workforce to 223,151, slightly lower than the March quarter. Attrition dropped to 12.8%, one of the lowest rates in recent years.
Hamilton Spectator
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Toronto rapper Top 5 stabbed following Drake concert in U.K.
Hassan Ali, also known as Toronto rapper Top 5, was stabbed in the leg by a mob that surrounded his vehicle in London, U.K., hours after he attended a concert by fellow Torontonian Drake, police have confirmed. Police were called to the area after midnight Monday for reports of a stabbing. 'The victim, a man in his 20s, was approached by a group who damaged his car before stabbing him in the leg. He was taken to hospital and his injuries are not believed to be life-changing,' Metropolitan Police said in a statement. No arrests have been made. Hassan Ali, the underground Toronto rapper Top 5, has been released on bail on firearm London tabloid websites linked to cellphone footage showing a group of men climbing onto a white Mercedes and stomping on the windshield, before several kicked the driver while onlookers recorded the frightening scene with their phones. On Sunday, Ali, 27, posted clips of himself watching Drake's set from a VIP section near the stage at the three-day Wireless Festival at Finsbury Park in North London. Ali is currently facing a firearms possession charges in Toronto where the case was in zoom court Monday. Last fall, the prosecution withdrew a first-degree murder charge after a judge excluded crucial prosecution evidence, including his social media posts, videos and lyrics. After Ali walked out of court a free man, he suggested Drake had paid his legal bill and posted a photo on Instagram praising his lawyer, Gary Grill, for being 'the best lawyer in Toronto.' Could Top 5's jury be expected to tell fact from fiction in the postings of a rapper who built However, Grill confirmed he is no longer representing Ali and a different lawyer told the judge on Monday her firm is in the process of being retained. After his arrest earlier this year, Ali was initially released on bail with electronic ankle monitoring, a curfew, and order to live with his parents. However, Grill told the Star that Ali's bail conditions were changed so there was nothing preventing him from being in the United Kingdom. He has a reputation for using social media to stoke feuds with other rappers and in 2021 was ordered to stay off the internet as a condition of his bail. After the stabbing, there was online speculation about whether Ali could have incited the attack after saying on a live stream 'there is no real killers in London.' Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
Toronto Star
15-07-2025
- Toronto Star
Toronto rapper Top 5 stabbed following Drake concert in U.K.
Hassan Ali, also known as Toronto rapper Top 5, was stabbed in the leg by a mob that surrounded his vehicle in London, U.K., hours after he attended a concert by fellow Torontonian Drake, police have confirmed. Spotify
