More than 90 people are killed and 50 injured after a gasoline tanker explodes in Nigeria, police say

TechCrunch X rival Mastodon has started selling toys If you like open-source, decentralized social networks that put the power in the hands of the people instead of billionaires, you can now support that cause...by buying toys. On Tuesday, Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, began selling its own merchandise in the form of cute, plushie mastodons – the proto-elephants with long tusks that give the social network its name. The company announced last year that it would help fund its development efforts through merchandise sales after a poll found that over 6,700 Mastodon users said they would buy something if merch was made available.

SimpliSafe's new outdoor monitoring service combines AI with human agents SimpliSafe has announced the addition of Active Guard Outdoor Protection to its monthly subscription offerings. The new tier includes an added layer of 24/7 monitoring to the home security service. Outdoor Protection Pro is available for $50 a month, a price that includes the Boston-based firm's standard $32 indoor monitoring service.

Yahoo Sports Week 7 waiver wire pickups + Panic Meter: Cowboys, Chris Olave, Kyler Murray and more | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast Week 6 is in the books and oh my there's a lot of panic on these fantasy streets. Dalton Del Don joins Matt Harmon for another edition of the 'People's Panic Meter' to answer all of your listener submissions. The duo examines the situations for CeeDee Lamb, Chris Olave, Kyler Murray and more.

Data center tech is exploding but adoption won't be easy for startups The data center industry is expanding rapidly to keep up with the flywheel growth of AI. While these data centers are necessary AI infrastructure, they store an AI company's compute, they are expensive to build, seemingly more so to run, and they are a huge energy suck. Startups are looking to make data centers more efficient and sustainable, but it isn't that simple.