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Nonetheless, the organization’s 80 acres are home to a variety of artist residencies, which use the windswept isolation of the desert to activate dormant ideas.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 21, 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

These plants carried defects in their mitochondria that activate alternative respiratory enzymes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

But Leo still had to deduce the right sequence to activate this control sphere.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan