activate

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The Pair Devices page is used to activate your Avast SecureLine VPN on your other devices.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

"This opens doors to future therapies that may activate microglia without requiring antibodies. Understanding the importance of the Fc fragment helps guide the design of next-generation Alzheimer's drugs," concludes Prof. Bart De Strooper.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

"What's truly scary about agents like OpenClaw is this: once they have your digital keys, they can theoretically access all the services you've authorised, and can autonomously decide when to activate them," Gao warned.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

“Because if you don’t activate them, they can quite often become places where unhealthy, unproductive activity takes place.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

They activate and silence genes, thereby defining the embryo’s axis from head to tail.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee