Latest Tech News (ArsTechnica)

• The chip shortage is driving up tech prices–starting with TVs May 15, 2021
  Some high-end televisions already cost 30% more than they did last summer.
• Colonial Pipeline paid a $5 million ransom—and kept a vicious cycle turning May 15, 2021
  Stopping payments would go a long way to stopping ransomware.
• China has successfully landed on Mars [Updated] May 15, 2021
  China has become only the second nation to make a soft landing on the red planet.
• Pipeline attacker Darkside suddenly goes dark—here’s what we know May 14, 2021
  The closure may mean the group is ceasing or altering ops—or pulling an exit scam.
• Researchers force two mice to hang out and induce FOMO in a third May 14, 2021
  Synchronized activity between brains seems to be the key to socializing.
• Despite big Marvel and Star Wars shows, Disney+ falls short of targets May 14, 2021
  The limits to recent explosive streaming platform growth might be in sight.