Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out a “memory” feature for Gemini Advanced subscribers for the web app that remembers a user’s interests and preferences  —  Google’s Gemini chatbot can now remember things like info about your life, work, and personal preferences.  —  As flagged by posters on X …

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta is forming a new product group to build AI tools for businesses, led by Clara Shih, most recently the CEO of Salesforce AI  —  – Shih will be responsible for developing and monetizing tools within Meta’s AI portfolio that are catered specifically to businesses.

Sam Sabin / Axios:
CrowdStrike finds another China-linked group breaching telecommunications networks, in SEA and Africa, since at least 2020, to spy on texts and call metadata  —  – The group, which CrowdStrike is calling Liminal Panda, has also built custom hacking tools to exploit the industry’s interoperable capabilities …

Katie Roof / Bloomberg:
Kong, which helps customers manage APIs, raised a $175M Series E co-led by Tiger Global and Balderton at a $2B valuation, taking its total raised to $345M  —  – Startup develops application technologies for business clients  — Backers include Andreessen, Index, CRV, Sapphire and Balderton

Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
Robinhood agrees to buy TradePMR, a custodial and portfolio management platform for registered investment advisors, in a $300M deal expected to close in H1 2025  —  The deal — for about $300 million in cash and stock — is expected to close in the first half of next year, Robinhood said in a statement.

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Apple has started selling its own ad inventory for Apple News; publishers will get a 70% cut of the ad revenue generated by Apple within their articles  —  – Apple has been selling its own ad inventory in search and within its App Store for a while.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky has 20M+ users after hitting 15M on Nov. 13; Appfigures: it’s been #1 in US App Store since Nov. 13; Similarweb: its DAU gap with Threads is narrowing  —  Bluesky, the social network and X competitor has been benefiting from a surge of departures from the Elon Musk-owned app formerly known as Twitter.

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a large geospatial model, or LGM, that can navigate the real world and power robots  —  Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.

Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Microsoft says it has the largest enterprise AI agent ecosystem, with 100K+ orgs making or editing AI agents in Copilot Studio and “2x growth in just a quarter”  —  Microsoft has quietly built the largest enterprise AI agent ecosystem, with over 100,000 organizations creating …

Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg:
Rox, which is developing AI-powered agents for salespeople, raised $50M across seed led by Sequoia and Series A led by General Catalyst  —  – Rox, an early-stage startup, raised $50 million from investors  — Company completed seed and Series A deals while in stealth