deactivation
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deactivations
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Kuwait said Iran struck another of its power and water plants, leading to the deactivation of several power generation units, a day after a similar attack.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
In an earlier simulation, Anthropic showed that Claude and other AI models were at times willing to blackmail users—or even let an executive die in a hot server room—in order to avoid deactivation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The new catalyst provides outstanding performance for dry reforming of methane with extremely slow deactivation.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
Newsom’s proposal includes savings from the deactivation of 46 housing units at 13 state prisons, which would save $80.6 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024
“How good were you at our explosives deactivation class?”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
The company highlighted a support hotline established in 2023 and emphasized its commitment to investigating confirmed violations, including potential account deactivations for drivers who refuse service.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
Ms. Franklin said the deactivations made China “now the third most common geographic source of foreign coordinated inauthentic behavior campaigns we’ve disrupted,” behind Russia and Iran.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
In New York, Uber drivers went on strike at LaGuardia Airport to call for higher wages and an end to unfair deactivations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Twitter confirmed that it had seen a jump in account deactivations amid this week’s announcement of Mr. Musk’s takeover.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
One expert said vendors could make changes to avoid accidental camera deactivations, though it’s not clear that is what happened in Lyoya’s case, and some activists said an accident seems unlikely.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
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