Biggest stories of the year including Meta, mRNA, Log4j, NFTs, Ransomware 
<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>
<li>Don't be fooled — Amazon's Astro isn't a home robot, it's a camera on wheels.</li>
<li>I swallowed one of my AirPods.</li>
<li>Woman swallows AirPods accidentally; claims device recorded audio from her stomach.</li>
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