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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Guests: Ant Pruitt, Mikah Sargent, and Jason Howell

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