Is Spooky action at a distance instantaneous

According to a group of physicists at the University of Science and Technology of China, entangled photons no matter their distance or speed have quantum interactions at least 10,000 times the speed of light. While many say the speed is instantaneous, these physicists infer a finite speed, but still way faster than light.

But is there really anything that travels faster than light. Einstein said no, so was he wrong? What could explain spooky action at a distance? Could it be as simple as this?

If a particle goes into a state upon measurement/observation and its entangled partner is the polar opposite no matter the distance leading to communication faster than light, then what could really happening is the particles are merely pixels in a Matrix and our brain is the one putting them into a state so as to make sense of the external universe. Like analogue waves being turned into a state/picture in a TV. The brain is the TV/computer and the mind is the observer.