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Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC — 'Activate Windows' watermark visible in official Kremlin clip, uses foreign Dell PC despite Russian tech mandate (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Mark Tyson | get Windows 11 Pro license key → | tags: vladimir putin, state duma elections, windows activation watermark

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Retired Microsoft Engineer details the story about the famous leaked FCKGW Windows XP key — copy protection used 10MB of encrypted Microsoft Bob for validation (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: windows xp, fckgw key, microsoft bob

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Transcriptional activation of plant immunity by salicylic acid (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Zhang | tags: npr1, salicylic acid, med15

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Microsoft warns that killing VBScript could break Windows activation for businesses (techspot.com)

2026-09-12 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: vbscript, microsoft, windows activation

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Better AI code comment detector (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | get Clean Code Robert Martin book → | tags: ai comment classifier, balanced accuracy, calibration curve

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Extracting Steering Vectors from J space (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-06 | by Darshan Makwana | get Apple MacBook Pro M4 16GB → | tags: jacobian lens, qwen3-1.7b, steering vectors

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AnonyMousKIT PhaaS uses voice AI agents to phish iPhone passcodes (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-25 | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: phishing-as-a-service, anonymouskit, apple activation lock

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Ligand-enabled distal desaturative lactonization of aliphatic acids (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-25 | by Pal | tags: palladium, ligand-enabled, c−h activation

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Lululemon brought the wrong drum to an activation. It’s the latest brand to fumble as it looks to China for growth (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-17 | get Lululemon Athletica Yoga Pants → | tags: lululemon, weibo, china

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How ‘Nirvanna the Band’ helped revitalize a landmark Toronto venue (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-29 | get Nirvanna Band T-Shirt → | tags: nirvanna the band, toronto, abbey road

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Apple working on iPhone anti-snatching feature that locks the device automatically (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-26 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple iPhone Lock Case → | tags: iphone security, apple watch, theft detection

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This carrier found a way to charge you $40 despite the ban on activation fees (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-06 | get T-Mobile Magenta Plan → | tags: crtc, bell canada, activation fees

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Why most product tours get skipped (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get Product Tour Guide Book → | tags: product tours, user engagement, activation

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Why Most Product Tours Get Skipped (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get Product Tour Guide App → | tags: product tours, user engagement, activation

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Data activation and Newton’s first law (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-13 | get Newton's First Law Book → | tags: newton’s first law, data activation, business inertia

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Exposed phosphatidylserine is an inhibitory molecule in T cell exhaustion (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-25 | by Medina | tags: phosphatidylserine, t cell exhaustion, pd-1 therapy

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Regulation of STING activation by phosphoinositide and cholesterol (feeds.nature.com)

2026-02-04 | by Li | get Phospholipase A2 → | tags: activation, cell, et al

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Apple Updates iOS 12 For the First Time Since 2023 (slashdot.org)

2026-01-28 | get iPhone → | tags: apple, device activation, facetime device

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ipRGC properties prevent light from shifting the SCN clock during daytime (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-07 | by Komal | get SCN → | tags: activation, gq mice, iprgcs

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Need to activate Windows? Microsoft just eliminated an option I've relied on for years (zdnet.com)

2026-01-05 | by Lance Whitney | get Windows Activation → | tags: account, activate, activation

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Has Microsoft Discontinued Offline Activation of Windows? (slashdot.org)

2026-01-03 | by Posted | get Windows → | tags: activate, activation, longer

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Microsoft silently kills Windows and Office phone activation and forces online activation with a Microsoft account — Windows users are now herded into an online-only portal for activation (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-03 | by Hassam Nasir | get Microsoft Account → | tags: activate, activation, microsoft

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Fake MAS Windows Activation Domain Used To Spread PowerShell Malware (slashdot.org)

2025-12-25 | by Posted | get Windows Activator → | tags: activation, attackers, cosmali

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Non-equilibrium snapshots of ligand efficacy at the μ-opioid receptor (feeds.nature.com)

2025-12-22 | by Robertson | get Ligand Efficacy Assay Kit → | tags: activation, differences, dynamics

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Your pirated copy of Windows might have just stopped working (techspot.com)

2025-11-15 | get Windows → | tags: activate, activate windows, activation

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Apple Watch Series 11 is running into activation issues with some US carriers (androidauthority.com)

2025-11-05 | get Apple Watch Series 11 → | tags: activation, apple, best

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Window Activation (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Seth Richardson | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: activation, application, focus

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KDE Plasma prepares crackdown on focus-stealing window behavior under Wayland (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by David Uzondu | get Meta Quest → | tags: activation, focus, kai

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‘Alien: Earth’ Crashes Into Comic-Con With a Massive Outdoor Experience (gizmodo.com)

2025-10-31 | by Germain Lussier | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: activation, alien, earth

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Can you really get Windows and Office for free? These hackers say yes (zdnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ed Bott | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: activation, microsoft, office