Open Source Al Voice is Finally Good : Chatterbox

Run oprn source Chatterbox on CPU or GPU with Python 3.11 with watermarking support, giving creators fast, traceable voice ...
Irish Examiner

Enforcing proposed single-use vape ban may cost over €3m a year, Oireachtas research says

A proposed ban on single-use vapes could cost €3.1m a year to enforce along with other measures planned by Government, a regulatory impact analysis has shown. In a paper from the Oireachtas’ Library ...
RTE Online

First stage of single-use vape ban bill brought to Dáil

The first stage of a bill to ban the sale of single-use vapes has been introduced to the Dáil. Minister of State at the Department Health Jennifer Murnane O'Connor introduced the Public Health (Single ...
UPI

Vape-using smokers more likely to cut back or quit

Smokers who use cigarettes and vape devices interchangeably might not be doing themselves as much of a disservice as once feared, a new study says. These "dual users" are more likely to eventually ...
The Sun

Love Island’s Shakira reveals show has secret ‘vape box’ that’s NEVER shown on camera

SHAKIRA Khan has lifted the lid on a huge Love Island secret – revealing that there’s a show ‘vape box’ where everyone’s vape pens get stored off-camera. The villa beauty, 22, took to Instagram to ...
The Escapist

Garry’s Mod successor s&box goes open source to aid with development

The spiritual successor to Garry’s Mod, S&box, is being made open source by the developers over at Facepunch Studios. It’s a slightly odd move for a games studio to do with an actively in-development ...
PC Gamer

The Sims' biggest sex mod creator says that around 300,000 people use it—that's more than some of Steam's top games: 'It doesn't make sense to me'

Despite its tame rating, sex has always wormed its way into The Sims series—I fear it's a canon event to Google "how to make Sims naked" as a teenager. But it arguably didn't blow up into more ...
WTOP News

What’s inside the vaping devices Virginia students are using?

Vaping devices confiscated from students in Virginia schools last year mainly contained nicotine, but a fraction had chemicals found in cannabis plants, and newer devices pose health risks to kids ...
Wired

Vaping Is ‘Everywhere’ in Schools—Sparking a Bathroom Surveillance Boom

It was in physical education class when Laila Gutierrez swapped out self-harm for a new vice. The freshman from Phoenix had long struggled with depression and would cut her arms to feel something.
Odessa American

IT’S GEEK TO ME: You don’t have to use generated passwords

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I read your “It’s Geek to Me” about lazily using passwords. (Geek Note: I.G.T.M. #951, Oct 12, 2025 and ...
WFLA News Channel 8

Florida teacher showed up to class high on cocaine, let students use her vape: report

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WFLA) — A teacher in Southwest Florida may lose her job after she was accused of showing up to work high on cocaine and allowing students to use her vape. Documents from the Lee ...
Odessa American

IT’S GEEK TO ME: People continue to use predictable passwords despite the warnings

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” — Rita Mae Brown (though often ...