AI is making moves this holiday week
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Groq, an AI chip startup, entered into an agreement with Nvidia to help “advance and scale” Groq’s tech.
“As part of this agreement, Jonathan Ross, Groq’s Founder, Sunny Madra, Groq’s President, and other members of the Groq team will join Nvidia to help advance and scale the licensed technology,” Groq announced in a blog post on Wednesday. “Groq will continue to operate as an independent company with Simon Edwards stepping into the role of Chief Executive Officer. GroqCloud will continue to operate without interruption.”
The deal was first reported as an exclusive with CNBC on Wednesday. Alex Davis, the CEO of Disruptive, the company that led Groq’s latest financing round, said Nvidia has agreed to buy Groq’s assets for $20 billion in cash, the news outlet reported.
Davis’s firm has invested more than half a billion dollars in Groq over the past nine years, CNBC reported.
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“We plan to integrate Groq’s low-latency processors into the NVIDIA AI factory architecture, extending the platform to serve an even broader range of AI inference and real-time workloads,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrote in an email obtained by CNBC.
This is Nvidia’s largest deal ever, according to CNBC.
The company, which produces GPU chips that power many AI models, has reported surging revenues this year. Nvidia made $57 billion in revenue during the third quarter of 2025, a whopping $2 million more than Wall Street analysts expected, Mashable’s Chris Taylor reported in November. The fourth quarter of 2025 is predicted to be even better for the company.
“Sales are off the charts,” Huang said of the company’s Blackwell chips at the time. “Cloud GPUs are sold out.”
Topics Artificial Intelligence Nvidia
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The Brick screen time blocker is an even better value when multiple people use it
Your whole house can cut its screen time in half.
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Table of Contents Can multiple people use the same Brick?
It’s no secret I love the Brick, a device that single-handedly cut my screen time in half. In fact, as I’m writing this, my phone is currently Bricked. Instagram, TikTok, and Substack, you will not distract me from my work today. The physical barrier that Brick adds makes it the best choice for those whose built-in screen limits just don’t work.
However, there’s one big barrier with the Brick — its price. At $59, it’s a steep cost for the sake of cutting screen time, unless you get one sale (which, btw, it’s currently 20% off.) But there’s one thing that I think makes it an even better value — you can share it with your whole household.
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Can multiple people use the same Brick?
When I first started using the Brick, a few things happened. My screen time plummeted, I rediscovered how to be bored again, but most surprisingly, my wife wanted in on the Brick life. https://32411dc05267c5ca598ca227c2fa8a21.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-45/html/container.html
Our days look very different. I work from home, typing away on my laptop, and hunting the internet for the latest tech and shopping news. Meanwhile, my wife is a high school teacher, instructing and working with students in the classroom. But despite how different our days look, we both fall into the trap of scrolling when we have downtime or a free period.
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Plus, at the end of the day, when we’re finally home together, our nights usually culminate in turning on our current binge of the moment, but end with us looking at our phones rather than the TV. All this to say, we both needed some help with screen time.
Luckily, more than one person can use a Brick. In fact, according to Brick’s support site, there’s no limit to how many people can use the same Brick. All you need to connect to a Brick is access to the app and to make your own account — you can’t share accounts.
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So to go in on a Brick with one other person cuts the cost in half. Sharing it with a whole house of roommates, well, you can do the math. But before you share your Brick, remember this isn’t like sharing a streaming subscription (because we definitely don’t do that…). You need physical access to the Brick to use it, so you can only share it with people in your household.
And a word of caution on sharing your Brick with other people — agree to keep the Brick in one spot. You don’t want to go to block (or unblock) your phone and find that it’s been moved — you want to avoid using an Emergency Unbrick.https://32411dc05267c5ca598ca227c2fa8a21.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-45/html/container.html
So if you’ve been holding out on buying a Brick, consider splitting the cost with a partner or roommate because we could all use some help getting offline.
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Grab the newest Roku Streaming Stick for just $15.99 at Amazon
A clutter-free streaming solution that’s just 99 cents shy of its best price ever.
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SAVE 47%: As of Dec. 24, the Roku Streaming Stick HD (2025 Model) is on sale for $15.99, down from $29.99, at Amazon. That’s a 47% discount or a $14 price cut.
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If you’ve been looking for a way to simplify your TV setup without adding more cord clutter, a streaming stick is a great way to do it for less than the price of a movie ticket. It’s one of those easy upgrades that makes a huge difference in a guest room or kitchen where you don’t want a bulky cable box taking up space.
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As of Dec. 24, the Roku Streaming Stick HD (2025 Model) is on sale for $15.99, down from $29.99, at Amazon. That’s a 47% discount or a $14 price cut. It’s also just 99 cents more than its all-time low price, making it a perfect time to snag one if you’ve been on the fence.
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This newest 2025 model is designed to be out of sight; it plugs directly into the back of your TV and can even be powered by your TV’s USB port, so you don’t have extra wires hanging down to a wall outlet. It comes with a Roku Voice Remote that lets you search for shows and control your TV’s power and volume, and it works with Alexa, Apple AirPlay, and HomeKit, making it easy to stream content directly from your iPhone or control your TV with your voice.
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