conv.business

“golly it's almost as if these right wing oligarchs are collaboratively dismantling systems designed to ensure informed electoral consensus”— karlbode.com@bsky.brid.gy, Mastodon/Bluesky user · Mastodon · full quotes →

“Yet another service to drop. BD/4k collection is large enough at this point I don't need streaming services anymore.”— xXNorthXx, Reddit commenter · Reddit · full quotes →

“We are eliminating 268 roles across Halo Studios, other first-party studios, and the XGS management and central functions layer.”— Matt Booty, Xbox chief content officer · internal memo via The Verge · full quotes →

“I've said let's not send out the diesel.”— Donald Trump, US President · CNN · full quotes →

“As we look toward 2027, YouTube will continue delivering behind-the-scenes access and exclusive artist content”— Lyor Cohen · full quotes →

“For generations, women fought for a seat at the table. The next chapter is about owning, growing and making space for the women who come next.”— Melania Trump, First Lady · full quotes →

“The public deserves a better picture of how the Times manufactures the news when Jews or Israel are involved.”— Anonymous former NYT employee · full quotes →

“We will extend what we call the 'Busan Agreement' -- the economic detente between the two countries that was scheduled to end on November 10 -- that is going…”— Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary · full quotes →

“A moratorium would actually drive away the many union jobs that are responsible for building and maintaining data centers, while sacrificing the significant…”— Brad Tietz · full quotes →

“In public safety, the benefits far, far outweigh the concerns.”— David Ulevitch, Flock Safety board member · full quotes →

“one of the world's most ambitious AI transformations”— Microsoft · full quotes →

“By investing directly and bringing in the best lawyers, investigators, data scientists, and economists to the government, we can cut through a lot of the…”— Samuel Levine · full quotes →

“review of strategic alternatives”— Cineplex · Mastodon · full quotes →

“This investment gives us the resources to move faster, scale further and continue building a global technology leader from Europe.”— Ricardo Mendes · full quotes →

“The United States is working on a massive deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus. The pricing would be for substantially less than we are…”— Donald Trump, US President · Truth Social, quoted by The Guardian · full quotes →

“So either influencers are automatons like LLMs who just do as their current-highest-bidder says based on a prompt (!), or in fact perhaps we skipped that bit…”— rich_sasha · full quotes →

“Today's announcement is primarily a change in reporting structure. The creative identity and strengths that make Obsidian distinct will remain at the core of…”— Jill Braff · full quotes →

“Clickbait title. 90% of their business is typically bulk sales to larger US wine brands, and US wine consumption is falling. Easy to blame it on the Canadian…”— sharksandwich80.bsky.social · full quotes →

“Bentley launched its first-ever fully electric vehicle, with a starting price of around $230,000. It leans heavily on the British luxury automaker's…”— Reuters, News outlet · YouTube · full quotes →

“It sounds like a V8, rides like a Flying Spur, but handles like a Continental GT.”— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica · full quotes →

“It is the first time I've been purposely trapped by people who were supposed to be helping me.”— 25-year-old passenger · full quotes →

“We have heard the rumors, then the rumors were true, and then we decided we wanted to go it alone, and worked in negotiations, and now we have sprung forth…”— Tim Schafer · full quotes →

“If we decide we're going to grow headcount by 10 senior software engineers, we don't copy and paste the same job listing 10 times. We leave it open and collect…”— Aurornis, HN commenter, hiring manager · Hacker News · full quotes →

“Today has been a perfect storm fueling the surge in bond yields across the curve.”— Chip Hughey, managing director for fixed income at Truist Advisory Services · full quotes →

“New users registering with the Polymarket promo code CLEVE deposit $10 and receive a $50 bonus—$60 in total trading funds before the first market moves.”— Cleveland.com · full quotes →

“CVS has denied any wrongdoing with regards to these accusations.”— CVS · Cleveland.com · full quotes →

“It was a very hard decision for myself and my family”— Ron McManis, President and co-owner, McManis Family Vineyards · full quotes →

“YouTube has been benefiting, in our view, from a declining reception to NFLX's original content. Near-term recovery in engagement looks unlikely.”— Mohammed Khallouf · full quotes →

“We promptly took steps to address this inadvertent sharing of information and we continue to engage with relevant parties.”— Morgan Stanley · full quotes →

“The speed of charging was 'approaching the physical limit'. The marginal gains from pursuing even faster speeds in the future will become increasingly small.”— Zhang Dewang, Geely executive · full quotes →

“Diesel is a global commodity, and restricting American exports won't insulate us from global market dynamics.”— Jason Isaac, American Energy Institute · full quotes →

“The issues surrounding AI affect all parts of the creative community and music is an integral part of that conversation.”— Victoria Furniss, ARIAM Executive Director and CEO · full quotes →

“Many of our customers are already on the way to replace [large SaaS applications] completely, removing dependency on them, because they are mostly becoming…”— Surojit Chatterjee · full quotes →

“IF OIL PRICES REMAIN THIS HIGH INTO SUMMER OF 2027, I EXPECT AIRFARES TO RISE BY 10, 15, 20%”— Michael O'Leary · full quotes →

“We plan to work very closely with Noxtua, even tying our product strategy to their platform. Therefore, it is in our own interest that Noxtua will be…”— Weber, C.H.BECK · full quotes →