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Hugging Face reportedly worked with a bank to gauge buyer interest at a valuation of $13 billion or more, nearly triple its 2023 valuation. The potential price reflects the value of its model hub, developer ecosystem, and AI infrastructure. No agreement had been reached.

The MoYu threat group has compromised DoFun-branded Android automotive head units by utilizing a rogue APK to deploy the "JarService" botnet malware. Delivered through the legitimate TWCore system app, the malware pulls instructions from an MQTT broker to convert infected vehicles into remote SOCKS5 proxy nodes and click-fraud clients. While researchers found no evidence of interference with physical vehicle controls, affected owners should actively monitor their network traffic for unauthorized communication with the cardoor[.]cn command domain.

Affirm has finally reached profitability after years of heavy investment and more than $2 billion in cumulative losses, validating Max Levchin's long-term strategy of building much of the company's technology and risk infrastructure in-house. That philosophy can be traced back to Levchin's experience fighting fraud at PayPal. The same operational discipline helped turn Affirm into a roughly $25 billion fintech company.