Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: Celsius Network founder and former CEO Alex Mashinsky is sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to commodities fraud and misleading investors  —  Alex Mashinsky, the founder of cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was ordered to spend 12 years in prison for defrauding hundreds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Pinterest reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $855M, vs. $847M est., MAUs up 10% to 570M, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates; PINS jumps 10%+ after hours  —  Pinterest shares rose 10% in extended trading Thursday after the company reported first-quarter earnings and provided better-than-expected guidance. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Subin / CNBC: Palantir’s valuation rises to $281B after its shares close up 7.85%, surpassing Salesforce and joining the top 10 largest US tech companies by market cap  —  There’s a new member in the list of the top 10 U.S. technology companies by market cap.  —  Data analytics software vendor Palantir jumped … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: Robert Fergus, who co-founded FAIR with Yann LeCun in 2014, will lead Meta’s Fundamental AI Research lab, succeeding Joelle Pineau  —  Fergus co-founded the Facebook AI Research lab, known as FAIR, in 2014 with Yann LeCun, who currently serves as the chief AI scientist at Meta. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg: Senate Democrats block the Genius Act after Republicans rebuffed a provision to bar Trump and others from profiting off of crypto ventures while in office  —  Senate Democrats blocked stablecoin legislation backed by the digital assets industry amid a furor over President Donald Trump’s extensive … Lees verder op Tech Meme