Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot has become somewhat of an internet sensation, no doubt thanks to its (perhaps disturbingly) killer dance moves or displays of super-strength.But Spot is far from the only robodog on the block. One of its competitors is ANYmal, an autonomous quadruped thats impressively good at everything from parkour to climbing ladders.Apart from doing tricks, ANYmal also has a real job. It does routine inspections in some of the toughest places on Earth. Think old nuclear power plants, abandoned mines, and offshore oil rigs.The of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!Cameras, sensors and gas detectors act as the robodogs eyes and nose spotting obstacles, and potential safety hazards, and even sniffing out gas leaks. With its AI brain, it plans safe paths and knows where its been.ANYmal is so good at its job, that some of the worlds biggest industrial companies the likes of BP, Equinor, and Petrobas have adopted it as part of their workforce.ANYmals human master is ANYbotics, a company spun out from ETH Zurich in 2016. The startup has just raised $60mn to build more inspection robots and make them smarter.Currently, close to 200 ANYmals are deployed at worksites across the world. As of last year, the company reported having more than $150mn in pre-orders.This additional funding allows us to scale globally, enhance our AI-driven capabilities, and continue to deliver unmatched value to our customers across industries, said Dr. Pter Fankhauser, the companys co-founder and CEO.ANYbotics recently opened an office in Silicon Valley to tackle the American market. This will put it into closer competition with Spot, which also does its fair share of industrial inspections.The company said it is investing in software and hardware development, including new, built-in GPUs intended to make ANYmal faster at processing information, detecting anomalies and overall making it better at its job. ANYbotics trains its robot using AI computing from Nvidia.This latest funding brings ANYbotics total raised to over $130mn. The round was led by Qualcomm Ventures and Supernova Invest, with participation from TDK Ventures and other new investors. Story by Sin Geschwindt Sin is a climate and energy reporter at TNW. From nuclear fusion to escooters, he covers the length and breadth of Europe's clean tech ecos (show all) Sin is a climate and energy reporter at TNW. From nuclear fusion to escooters, he covers the length and breadth of Europe's clean tech ecosystem. He's happiest sourcing a scoop, investigating the impact of emerging technologies, and even putting them to the test. Sin has five years journalism experience and holds a dual degree in media and environmental science from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Get the TNW newsletterGet the most important tech news in your inbox each week.

For a limited time, Apple is offering (at least) two new sign up bonuses for Apple Card. Apple Card typically comes with no sign up bonus, unlike most rewards credit cards. If youre interested in Apple Card, this could be worth jumping on!Apple ran two similar limited time offers back in August, and the offers are the same this time around. Both offers are running until January 13th, so you have around a month to think about it.Offer 1: $100 after $500Apple is advertising this first offer across social media, requiring new customers to spend $500 in the first 60 days of account opening. Afterwards, you earn $100 in Daily Cash, which can be deposited to your Apple Cash account, or your Apple Card Savings account which currently earns 3.9% APY. Unlike some other credit cards, this offer is not a statement credit, so youre technically free to spend this $100 as you please.If interested, you can sign up at this link before January 13th, to lock in this special offer.Offer 2: $300 after $1500This second offer is a targeted email, sent to customers with the subject Preview your new Apple Card credit limit offer.With this offer, you earn $300 Daily Cash after spending $1500 on your new Apple Card in your the 60 days of opening. Similar to the last offer, you can use this Daily Cash as you please, it isnt a statement credit.Its worth checking your email to see if Apple targeted you for this offer. If not, you can try checking this link, though its unlikely to show anything special for you. Once again, users have until January 13th to consider.If youve been looking to get Apple Card, now would be a good time to do so!Follow Michael:X/Twitter,Bluesky,InstagramAdd 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost.Request your EXTENDED TRIALtoday and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with Apple.The enterprise workplace is undergoing a seismic transformation fueled by digital innovation and AI, and according to WiprosMac@Work 2024report, the Mac is leading the charge. For years, the Mac have been the go-to for creative teams like designers and developers, but this report highlights their growing adoption across departments like finance, operations, and even manufacturing. Lets look at why the Mac is a peer to Windows in the enterprise heading into 2025.About Apple @ Work:Bradley Chambers managed an enterprise IT network from 2009 to 2021. Through his experience deploying and managing firewalls, switches, a mobile device management system, enterprise grade Wi-Fi, 1000s of Macs, and 1000s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple IT managers deploy Apple devices, build networks to support them, train users, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for IT department.The Mac and AIApples focus on privacy-conscious AI and on-device processing is setting a new standard. With Apple silicon chips and a dedicated Neural Engine, the Mac on Apple Silicon are uniquely equipped to run advanced AI workloads like large language models efficiently and securely.Enterprise-grade security and productivityThe survey shows that 80% of respondents consider the Mac more secure than other endpoints, thanks to built-in encryption and regular software updates. Additionally, 78% said the Mac improves productivity through its interface and seamless ecosystem with iOS, enabling faster workflows and collaboration.Employee choice as a competitive advantageNearly48% of enterprises now allow employees to choose the Mac, signaling a shift toward empowering workers with their preferred tools. This flexibility contributes to greater job satisfaction, boosting productivity and innovation. The Mac also offers a harmonious work-life balance with their ability to integrate effortlessly across devices and support remote work.SustainabilityApples commitment to sustainability resonates with enterprise IT teams. Features like energy-efficient Apple silicon chips and extended battery life help businesses meet their environmental goals while lowering costs. Although the Mac may have a higher upfront cost, 77% of respondents believe it offers superior long-term value by reducing support needs and increasing device longevity.Wrap upThe message heading into 2025 is simple: For IT leaders and decision-makers, the Mac is a peer to Windows as an enterprise endpoint. Weve all known this for 4+ years, but the data proves it. The Mac stand sout for their ability to integrate seamlessly with enterprise systems, enable AI innovation, and provide the security businesses demand.Download the full report.Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost.Request your EXTENDED TRIALtoday and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with Apple.Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

That's one way to get investors. Spectacular OracularEarlier this year in a Silicon Valley warehouse, a nuclear fusion startup held a strange secret ceremony that featured, among other things, a bunch of giant capacitors and a woman with wires attached to her back playing piano alongside a robotic arm.AsWired reports, attendees at the event hosted by the nuclear fusion startup Fuse included military and intelligence officials, venture capitalists, San Francisco art types, physicists, musicians both robotic and human and, well, Grimes."Grace and luck came together in a freak wave, and people were moved," virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier wrote for the magazine. "Grimes was there, gaggle of kids orbiting her on the floor, transfixed. One said this must be what monsters listen to."Hosted by the supermodel musician Charlotte Kemp Muhl a multi-hyphenate powerhouse currently touring with St. Vincent and in a long-term relationship with Lanier's old friend Sean Ono Lennon the event seems ostensibly meant to showcase to potential backers the kinds of people Fure has in its orbit.Among them is Serene, the self-described hacker pianist attached to biofeedback wires during the ceremony who also happened to create Snowflake, the free internet module inside the Tor browser. Together, she and Muhl launched Finis Musicae, a startup billed as creating "robots for music" that were also on display at the clandestine event.Fuse FrameObviously, none of Lanier's name-dropping sounds like it has anything to do with nuclear fusion and indeed, there was no fusion on display at the event for the startup, founded by JC Btaiche, the son of a Lebanese nuclear physicist who was a mere 19-year-old when he started the firm.As Btaiche told Lanier, his goal is to become the "SpaceX of fusion" and accomplish "Big Tech"-style achievements for all manner of partners. Given the unnamed members of the attendee rundown, those would-be partners likely had emissaries in attendance.With another facility already located in Canada Btaiche is, among other things, a former researcher at McGill and the founder of an ed-tech startup in Montreal Fuse is clearly laying down roots in Silicon Valley.As Lanier writes, the region has, for better or for worse, thirsted for this type of spectacle amid the rapid advancements of AI. What better way to give the people what they want than at an event promising another technology that's still in its earliest days?More on startup world: Startup Says It'll Use Huge Space Mirror to Sell Sunlight During NighttimeShare This Article

Image by Getty / FuturismIn Las Vegas, a strip mall corpse salesman's shady dealings are drawing controversy.AsNBC News reports, the near-complete lack of regulations surrounding the educational body broker business provided ample room for Obteen Nassiri, the manager of Vegas' Med Ed Labs, to sell human bodies in a shop located between a tattoo parlor and a psychic.Nearly a decade ago, Nassiri opened Med Ed as a nonprofit corporation after losing his chiropractor's license and being found guilty of fraud. Though his brother-in-law, a construction worker named Joshua Jackson, was listed as the company's sole owner, documents viewed by NBC showed that the Iranian-born ex-chiropractor was in charge of running the company.The venture obtained bodies from funeral homes and medical schools, then sold or leased them sometimes for above-boardmedical training tothe US military and other clients, and sometimes for more shadowy purposes.Though its nonprofit status was eventually revoked by the Internal Revenue Service after three years of failing to disclose its finances, Med Ed powered on.One of its biggest suppliers, the University of North Texas Health Science Center, made at least $82,000 leasing unclaimed or donated bodies to Med Ed over the years,NBC found. The bodies and parts seemed primarily to be used for legitimate medical trainingpurposes, but the way Nassiri allegedly mishandled the remains which Med Ed was supposed to ship back to the school, generally after cremationThough a state official urged the Center to stop doing business with the company in 2021, it continued doing so for two more years,even afteraudits revealed that nine pairs of ankles and feet had gone missing. When NBC asked about the missing feet, the Center refused to comment, and Nassiri claimed he couldn't recall the incident.Med Ed also kept operating after a deceased Louisiana man's body was used without his family's consent in a live pay-per-view autopsy event held in Portland, Oregon in 2021. After the event garnered international headlines, Nassiri claimed the organization behind the live autopsy, Death Science, misled him about what it planned to use the body for.Nassiri denied wrongdoing toNBC and blamed his troubles on bad lawyers."We treasure, we respect our donors," Nassiri told the broadcaster. "Its a precious gift."As of October of this year, when NBC contacted Nassiri for its story, the cadaver flipper said that Med Ed had been shuttered. The firm filed for bankruptcy in March days before it was set to go to trial after being sued by the insurance company Allstate for medical fraud.Now a new body broker business, Surgil & Medical Training, has taken Med Ed's place in the Vegas strip mall. Although the brother-in-law is listed on registration documents as its sole owner, NBC found thatsocial media icons on the company website link directly to pages associated with Nassiri's new venture as a self-help guru.More on cadavers: Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Body Parts From Harvard MorgueShare This Article

Dec 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Ad FraudGermany's Federal Office of Information Security (BSI) has announced that it has disrupted a malware operation called BADBOX that came preloaded on at least 30,000 internet-connected devices sold across the country.In a statement published earlier this week, authorities said they severed the communications between the devices and their command-and-control (C2) servers by sinkholing the domains in question. Impacted devices include digital picture frames, media players, and streamers, and likely phones and tablets."What all of these devices have in common is that they have outdated Android versions and were delivered with pre-installed malware," the BSI said in a press release.BADBOX was first documented by HUMAN's Satori Threat Intelligence and Research team in October 2023, describing it as a "complex threat actor scheme" that involves deploying the Triada Android malware on low-cost, off-brand Android devices by exploiting weak supply chain links.Once connected to the internet, the malware embedded into the devices can collect a wide range of data such as authentication codes, and install additional malware.The operation, assessed to be operating out of China, also comprises an ad fraud botnet called PEACHPIT that's designed to spoof popular Android and iOS apps and their own fraudulent traffic from the BADBOX-infected devices through the apps. The fake impressions are then sold through programmatic advertising."This complete loop of ad fraud means they were making money from the fake ad impressions on their own fraudulent, spoofed apps," HUMAN said at the time. "Anyone can accidentally buy a BADBOX device online without ever knowing it was fake, plugging it in, and unknowingly opening this backdoor malware."The BSI said that devices compromised by BADBOX are also capable of acting as a residential proxy service, allowing other threat actors to route their internet traffic through them while simultaneously evading detection. They could also be used to create online accounts on Gmail and WhatsApp.In addition to instructing all internet providers in the country with more than 100,000 subscribers to redirect traffic to the sinkhole, the agency is urging consumers to disconnect affected devices from the internet with immediate effect.Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

Dec 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber ThreatThai government officials have emerged as the target of a new campaign that leverages a technique called DLL side-loading to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed Yokai."The target of the threat actors were Thailand officials based on the nature of the lures," Nikhil Hegde, senior engineer for Netskope's Security Efficacy team, told The Hacker News. "The Yokai backdoor itself is not limited and can be used against any potential target."The starting point of the attack chain is a RAR archive containing two Windows shortcut files named in Thai that translate to "United States Department of Justice.pdf" and "United States government requests international cooperation in criminal matters.docx."The exact initial vector used to deliver the payload is currently not known, although Hegde speculated that it would likely be spear-phishing due to the lures employed and the fact that RAR files have been used as malicious attachments in phishing emails.Launching the shortcut files causes a decoy PDF and Microsoft Word document to be opened, respectively, while also dropping a malicious executable stealthily in the background. Both the lure files relate to Woravit Mektrakarn, a Thai national who is wanted in the U.S. in connection with the disappearance of a Mexican immigrant. Mektrakarn was charged with murder in 2003 and is said to have fled to Thailand.The executable, for its part, is designed to drop three more files: A legitimate binary associated with the iTop Data Recovery application ("IdrInit.exe"), a malicious DLL ("ProductStatistics3.dll"), and a DATA file containing information sent by an attacker-controlled server. In the next stage, "IdrInit.exe" is abused to sideload the DLL, ultimately leading to the deployment of the backdoor.Yokai is responsible for setting up persistence on the host and connecting to the command-and-control (C2) server in order to receive command codes that allow it to spawn cmd.exe and execute shell commands on the host.The development comes as Zscaler ThreatLabz revealed it discovered a malware campaign leveraging Node.js-compiled executables for Windows to distribute cryptocurrency miners and information stealers such as XMRig, Lumma, and Phemedrone Stealer. The rogue applications have been codenamed NodeLoader.The attacks employ malicious links embedded in YouTube video descriptions, leading users to MediaFire or phony websites that urge them to download a ZIP archive that is disguised as video game hacks. The end goal of the attacks is to extract and run NodeLoader, which, in turn, downloads a PowerShell script responsible for launching the final-stage malware."NodeLoader uses a module called sudo-prompt, a publicly available tool on GitHub and npm, for privilege escalation," Zscaler said. "The threat actors employ social engineering and anti-evasion techniques to deliver NodeLoader undetected."It also follows a spike in phishing attacks distributing the commercially available Remcos RAT, with threat actors giving the infection chains a makeover by employing Visual Basic Script (VBS) scripts and Office Open XML documents as a launchpad to trigger the multi-stage process.In one set of attacks, executing the VBS file leads to a highly obfuscated PowerShell script that downloads interim payloads, ultimately resulting in the injection of Remcos RAT into RegAsm.exe, a legitimate Microsoft .NET executable.The other variant entails using an Office Open XML document to load an RTF file that's susceptible to CVE-2017-11882, a known remote code execution flaw in Microsoft Equation Editor, to fetch a VBS file that subsequently proceeds to fetch PowerShell in order to inject Remcos payload into the memory of RegAsm.exe.It's worth pointing out that both methods avoid leaving writing files to disk and load them into valid processes in a deliberate attempt to evade detection by security products."As this remote access trojan continues to target consumers through phishing emails and malicious attachments, the need for proactive cybersecurity measures has never been more critical," McAfee Labs researchers said.Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

The following post contains minor SPOILERS for Kraven the Hunter.18 months ago, Sony introduced theirKraven the Hunter movie with a three minute red-band trailer filled with Aaron Taylor-Johnson running, punching, leaping, stabbing, slashing, biting, and flexing his impressively shredded washboard abs. (Not necessarily in that order.) The coming attraction built to an epic hero shot of Taylor-Johnson as Kraven dressed in the characters signature fur-rimmed vest as he lights the tip of a spear on fire while standing in a shadowy jungle cave.READ MORE: Every Marvel Movie Ever Made, Ranked From Worst to BestAbout a year later, Marvel posted their own trailer forKraven. It contained a mix of scenes from the first teaser, plus new footage including shots of Taylor-Johnson in Kravensfamous furry vest as hehunted someone or something with a bow and arrow in that same shadowy jungle. This clip gives even more centralplacement to Taylor-Johnsonignitingthe flaming spear. In this second trailer, it is the very last shot before the title card appears.But thisshot the focus of a big chunk ofKravens marketing campaign doesnt appear in the film at all.This isnt a matter ofKravenusing an alternate take or a different angle of this moment. Whatever junglesequence this shot came from, it wasremovedfrom the finished film, along with the stuff involving the bow and arrow.In the final cut ofKraven released to theaters, Taylor-Johnsonbarely even wearsKravens furry vest at all.Kraven the Hunter is hardly the first movie to hype itself with trailers filled with footage that didnt wind up in thecut released to theaters. I once made a list of 18such moments from the variousRogue One: A Star Wars Storyads. A few years ago, a bunch of Ana de Armas superfans sued Universal because their favorite actress was in the trailer for Danny BoylesYesterday but got cut from the theatrical release. (The lawsuit was eventually dismissed.)Kravenis not even the first Sony Spider-Man spinoff to pull this.Social media had a field daymaking fun of the teaser forMadame Web, particularly Dakota Johnson explaining that the movies villain, Ezekiel Sims, was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died.If anyone bought a ticket toMadame Web specifically to see that absurd conversation play out on the big screen, they were out of luck. Between the trailer and the movies theatrical release, Sony snipped the line out of the film.Trailers that dont quite sync up to the final product have beena running theme in Sonys Spider-Manfranchise for more than a decade. The trailer forThe Amazing Spider-Man with Andrew Garfield featuredRhys Ifans Lizard saying, If you want the truth about your parents, Peter, come and get it. (In voiceover, he also adds Do you think what happened to you, Peter, was an accident? Do you have any idea what you really are?) Ultimately,The Amazing Spider-Manonlyincluded just a few brief teases of a vague conspiracy involving Peter Parkers parents. Fans had to wait untilThe Amazing Spider-Man 2to get the full story.Occasionally, studios shoot footage to use in trailers knowing full well it will never make it intoa movies final cut. The trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy, for example, centered on the scene where the various members of theteam areexamined and discussedby their prison guards. In the actual movie, Dave Bautistas Drax is absent, becausehe hadnt been introduced into the film yet.But heis inthe version of this scene in theGuardianstrailer, so that he audiences could be introduced to all the major characters at once.Guardians of the Galaxy was made byMarvel, a company famous for their meticulous long-term planning.Kraven (andMadame Weband The Amazing Spider-Man)was made by Sony, a company that ... is not.And so a pattern seems to have emerged: The trailer looks one way, the movie looks another not because of any overarching master plan, but because of the lack of one. The film is conceived in one direction (Kraven turns intothe Kravenof Marvel Comics at some point prior to the films final scene) and then gets released in another form (Kraven becomes the most recognizable form of Kraven at the last possible second.)SonySonyloading...I dont know whetherthatfeeling of indecisiveness stems from Sony brass wavering on their larger Spider-Man plans, or from changes demanded by Marvel (who shares cinematic custodyof Spider-Man with Sony), or both. Regardless, it explains why so many of their Spider-Man adjacent movies have been disappointing. When youplan a movie with one vision in mind, and then reconfigure it at the last minute into something else, thats rarely a recipe for creative success.Case in point: After loadingMadame Web,Morbius,Venom: The Last Dance, andKraven the Hunter with all sorts of teases of bigger villains whowill menace their heroes in the future, Sony is reportedlypulling the plug on the entire Sonys Spider-Man Universe. (In hindsight,building a massive cinematic universe around a character who does not and cannot actually appear in any of its movies may have been a slight error in judgment.)If you wanted to seehow Knull would get revenge on Eddie Brock, orwhether Morbius and Vulture would start the Sinister Six, youre out of luck. (Remember when Michael Keatons Vulture was magically transported from the MCU to the Sony universe? Now hes trapped there forever!) Even if you get yourself a spear with a flaming tip to guide you, you willneverfind the payoffs to the setups in these Sony Spider-Man films.The Most Underrated Movies of 2024Lets give some love to the 2024 films that deserved more attention.

Yellowstone is more than just a television show. It's become a television juggernaut over the course of five seasons, turning creator Taylor Sheridan into TVs Billion-Dollar Writer in the process.But even the shows most passionate fans will admit that there have been several subplots over the years that were introduced with a lot of drama only to kind of fizzle out and never get resolved.Yellowstone Season 1: What Happened to Tates Dinosaur Bones?It began all the way back in Season 1, when Tate (Brecken Merrill) found some dinosaur bones on the land that developers want to exploit. That plotline seemed like it was going to lead somewhere, but then ... well, it just sort of disappeared.Tate was excited about his discovery, but not long after, Kayce (Luke Grimes) spotted a drone hovering over the site, and right after that, someone ransacked their house and stole the bones, bringing that subplot to a sudden end.As ScreenRant reports, some fans believe that the dinosaur bones plot could still be resolved, if the bones are recovered and it turns out that their discovery makes the Dutton ranch some sort of historical landmark. But since theres only one episode left in Season 5, it doesnt look like that's going to be the case.Yellowstone Season 2: Why Didnt the Bomb on the Plane Ever Explode?Another really glaring Yellowstone plot hole happened toward the end of Season 2, when Kayce and Dan Jenkins' (Danny Huston) security man sneak into a hangar and plant a bomb in the Beck Brothers plane.Once again, the plot was introduced in a very dramatic fashion, only to be instantly discarded and never brought up again. You have to wonder if some unlucky soul later bought that plane and blew themselves up inadvertently, but well never know.The Duttons ended up dispatching the Beck Brothers in a much more personal way, with Kayce killing Teal Beck (Terry Serpico) by shooting him while he's sitting on the toilet, while John Dutton (Kevin Costner) kills Malcolm Beck (Neal McDonough) by shooting him or, does he? That brings us to our next dropped plotline:Yellowstone Season 2: Is Malcolm Beck Really Dead?We never actually saw Malcolm Beck die on screen, which led to rampant fan speculation that he was still alive and would return to the show at some point. Neal McDonough fed into that speculation in an interview in which he hinted that his character might still return, and fan theories reached a fever pitch after the first episode in Season 4, when the Duttons came under concerted attack from unknown assailants.Fans speculated that Malcolm Beck was behind those attacks, but that ended up being completely wrong. With just one more episode to go, it appears that we're never really going to know if Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan intended to use the character again before changing his mind, or if it's just a loose end that never got tied up.Yellowstone Season 4: What Happened to the White Hat Floating Down the River?One of the main reasons fans speculated about Malcolm Beck being alive was due to a teaser video that emerged in advance of Season 4 in 2021.The trailer showed a quiet river, and then we heard a gunshot off camera before a white hat was seen floating down the river, followed by a trail of blood in the water.The white hat looked like the one Malcolm Beck wore, but in an especially bizarre twist, that scene never aired on Yellowstone, even though the trailer for the season literally centered around it entirely.We can probably thank the pandemic for that, since it interrupted all kinds of shooting schedules and made people have to reconfigure shows, but it's a dangling plotline that seems unlikely to get resolved.Yellowstone Season 5: The New Sheriff Just Kinda VanishedOne of the most shocking deaths in Yellowstone history happened in Season 4, when Sheriff Donnie Haskell was killed in a gunfight in a diner.That made way for a new sheriff, and in Season 5, the show made much ado about the fact that he made an example out of Beth Dutton by putting her in jail after an epic bar fight, after warning John that he would not look the other way about the Duttons' misdeeds the way the previous sheriff had.However, in another unexplained move,we never really heard from the sheriff again, and the expected fireworks between him and John Dutton never materialized.Yellowstone Season 5: What Happened to the Wolves Who Got Shot?One of the most ominous plotlines of the first half of Yellowstone's Season 5 involved a pack of wolves that they Bunkhouse Boys inadvertently shot, not realizing they were tagged and protected by law until they had already killed them.The investigation into those shootings led right to the Yellowstone, and it looked like it could threaten the ranch and the Duttons. However, when Yellowstone returned for the second half of Season 5, the wolves were never brought up again, in yet another vanished plotline.Yellowstone Season 5: What Is Sarah Atwoods True Identity?One particularly interesting tidbit in the first half of Season 5 involved Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), who evidently was not who she claimed to be. At least, that's what Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) said after researching her past to try to get some leverage on the corporate attorney.As with the previously mentioned plotlines, that, too, seemingly vanished when Season 5 returned for its second half. The mystery of Atwood's true identity was never cleared up, and since the character subsequently got shot to death in the middle of the street, it doesn't look like we're ever going to know what her true story was.Yellowstone Season 5: Whatever Happened to Angelas Blue Thunder?Yellowstone Season 5 is particularly long on unresolved subplots, partly due to the pandemic and the various strikes in Hollywood, and partly due to the scheduling conflicts with Kevin Costner, who ended up leaving the show.Another one of those unresolved plots involved Broken Rock Reservation attorney Angela Blue Thunder(Qorianka Kilcher), who challenged Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) and his leadership, warning that she was going to force him out of his position as chairman. A significant part of Episode 3 was devoted to that story, but we never heard about it again, and the character of Angela Blue Thunder vanished from the show after that.Yellowstone Season 5: What Happened to Carters Girlfriend?One final unresolved plot from Season 5 involves Carters (Finn Little) girlfriend, Halie (Orli Gottesman). She joined the show to give the Carter character more depth and a separate storyline in the first half of the season, but since the second half of Season 5 had to be truncated in order to wrap the show within the number of episodes remaining, that storyline and that character simply vanished, with the only trace being a passing reference Lloyd (Forrie J. Smith) made about Carter seeming unusually happy.So, will any of these dropped plotlines get resolved in the final episode of Yellowstone Season 5? It doesn't seem likely, but with Taylor Sheridan, you never know we'll all just have to watch and see what happens on Sunday night (Dec. 15).Yellowstone airs on Sundays at 8PM ET on Paramount Network.Yellowstone's 10 Best Death ScenesThe best deaths on Yellowstone were satisfying. Villains who torture John Dutton and his family always meet a gruesome end on this show. Here are the 10 most epic death scenes from Seasons 1 to 5.Gallery Credit: Billy DukesSterling Whitaker is a Senior Writer and Senior Editor for Taste of Country. He focuses on celebrity real estate, as well as coverage of Yellowstone and related shows like 1883 and 1923. He's interviewed cast members including Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, Sam Elliott and Harrison Ford, and Whitaker is also known for his in-depth interviews with country legends including Don Henley, Rodney Crowell, Trace Adkins, Ronnie Milsap, Ricky Skaggs and more.Filed Under: Taylor Sheridan, YellowstoneCategories: Original Features, TV News

Were Hiring: A Humble Hacker - Start With WordPress and BeyondDo you love hacking together quick, functional solutions?Can you create magic with themes and templates, bringing functionality to life?Are you resourceful and able to explain tech in plain English?If that sounds like you, keep readingwe need your skills!--What Youll Be Doing1. Building MVPs Using Prebuilt Elements: Set up WordPress sites with themes and plugins. Optimize for SEO (sitemaps, site speed, etc.). Design and implement aggregator-type functionality. Update plugins and manage site maintenance. Figure out how to upload content at scale (like 200-300 pieces of content, not 1000s scale)3. Exploring Creative Tech: Recommend innovative solutions and platforms beyond WordPress. Experiment with Firebase or other technologies for future AI SaaS tool creationProblem-Solving & Communicating: Propose clear paths and explain your tech decisions. Help us find scalable solutions for growth.---Who We AreWe are The Humble Hackers.Were a small, dynamic team passionate about smart solutions and fast results.Our focus? AI and VR.We research and create apps about topics like: AI girlfriends Deepfake tools FaceSwap AI video generatorsOur marketing revolves around smart SEO and content generation.Were no-drama, no-egojust clever ideas and a drive to build cool stuff.---What Were Looking For Technical Problem Solver: You can hack sites together and make things work fast. AI Enthusiast: Youre comfortable using AI tools to boost productivity. Communicator: You explain tech clearly and propose different paths with reasoning. Humble Learner: Low ego, open to feedback, and eager to improve.--Bonus Points For: SEO experience or familiarity with tools like Ahrefs. Programmatic content uploading or automated SEO skills.Salary & Growth$1,500 - $2,000/month (based on skills & experience).We reward results. Show your skills, grow with us, and lets build amazing things together.---Why Join Us Remote Flexibility: Work when youre most productive, but of course we need to align to work together. Results-Driven Focus: We value results over hours logged. Ego-Free Environment: No big egos herejust collaboration and clarity. Accelerated Growth: Learn and achieve faster than ever before.What You WONT Be: An Elitist or Diva: Were about action, no politics, big egos. Drama Magnet: We maintain a hassle-free, collaborative culture.How to ApplyReady to show us your hacker spirit?Fill out this simple Google Form to share your skills and problem-solving mindset:https://forms.gle/GFqiJ9KDnENw1X4T7We cant wait to meet you!