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Welcome to another episode of Yappin N Shxt!

In today's episode:

• Packing for a vacation.
• Mark Zuckerberg recently offered 24-year-old Matt Deitke $250 million over four years to come work at Meta’s super intelligence lab, and he accepted.
  • AI recruits for the biggest tech companies have few peers when it comes to paychecks. The closest may be sports stars. In 2021, NBA legend Steph Curry finalized a four-year, $215 million contract extension. How did we get here? The likes of Meta, Microsoft, and Alphabet have huge market caps—and, as the New York Times observed, no salary caps.
• A group of crypto bros looking to pump interest into their meme coin have taken responsibility for the recent rash of dildos thrown onto courts during WNBA games. ​​Hopefully, the league can now keep these dildos out of their arenas. And the sex toys, too.
• AOL quietly announced that it’s pulling the plug on dial-up internet
  • If your first reaction was “Dial-up still exists?”, then you’re not alone. After all, AOL has fallen a long way since it was the country’s biggest internet provider:
    • In 1999, AOL had more than 18 million subscribers.
    • In 2015, there were about two million AOL dial-up customers.
    • By 2021, that number was in the “low thousands,” a source told CNBC.
    • Dial-up persists in part because some rural areas don’t have access to affordable high-speed internet.
• Spirit Airlines doubts it can stay in business much longer. The ultra-low-cost airline known for its bright yellow planes and bare bones flying experience has “substantial doubt” it can continue to operate over the next 12 months.

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