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

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