TWiT 855: Smitten by 2021 - Biggest stories of the year including Meta, mRNA, Log4j, NFTs, Ransomware

Biggest stories of the year including Meta, mRNA, Log4j, NFTs, Ransomware

 COVID-19's impact on tech.
 Elon Musk in 2021.
 The World Is Still Short of Everything. Get Used to It.
 GM's heated seats and steering wheels are the latest casualties of the chip shortage.
 Baby Driver: Philadelphia woman gives birth in the front seat of Tesla on autopilot.
 The tangled history of mRNA vaccines.
 Ransomware Jerks Helped Cause the Cream Cheese Shortage.
 The Harvard Job Offer No One at Harvard Ever Heard Of.
 Microsoft's very bad year for security: A timeline.
 Log4j: The 'most serious' security breach ever is unfolding right now.
 REvil Ransom Arrest, $6M Seizure, and $10M Reward.
 Billionaires in space.
 FAA: No more commercial astronaut wings, too many launching.
 Fact check: Jeff Bezos' New Shepard rocket launch didn't emit carbon.
Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon's C.E.O., handing the reins to Andy Jassy.
 In a surprise tweet, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he's stepping down.
 Square is changing its name to Block.
 The Metaverse Is Mark Zuckerberg's Escape Hatch.
 A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived.
 Lina Khan's Battle to Rein in Big Tech.
 Top trend of 2021: The Metaverse.
 2021 ends with a question: Are NFTs here to stay?
 Android 12: Everything you need to know about Google's new big update to the popular OS!
 Colonial Pipeline: How a major oil pipeline got held for ransom.
 Sinclair Confirms Ransomware Attack That Disrupted TV Stations.
 A comprehensive breakdown of the Epic v. Apple Ruling.
 Tardigrade is first multicellular organism to be quantum entangled.
 Ever Given container ship leaves Suez Canal 106 days after getting stuck.
 VW rebrand turns out to be April Fool's joke.
 Olympics Broadcaster Announces His Computer Password on Live TV.
 Don't be fooled — Amazon's Astro isn't a home robot, it's a camera on wheels.
 I swallowed one of my AirPods.
 Woman swallows AirPods accidentally; claims device recorded audio from her stomach.

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