Microsoft’s Quiet Shift Ends Phone Activation, Leaving Offline Windows Users With Fewer Options

Microsoft has quietly taken another step toward an entirely online ecosystem, effectively ending phone-based activation for ...

These Windows and Office versions will be discontinued in 2026

Microsoft Office 2021, which was released back in October 2021 and is the predecessor to the now-current Office 2024, will ...
IEEE

AFLoc: A Deep Learning Indoor Localization Method With Trainable Activation Functions

Abstract: With the advancement of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the rise of smart cities, achieving efficient and accurate indoor localization has become essential for indoor location-based ...

Microsoft silently kills the last way to activate Windows without internet

According to Neowin, Microsoft has killed the final method for activating Windows without an internet connection—that is, ...

Need to activate Windows? Microsoft just eliminated an option I've relied on for years

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Microsoft Quietly Ends Offline Activation for Windows 11/10

Microsoft has reportedly removed the ability to activate Windows 11 and Windows 10 without an internet connection.

Fake MAS Windows activation domain used to spread PowerShell malware

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...
BizTech

Windows, SQL and Exchange Server Licensing 101

As Microsoft phases out older Exchange Server versions, IT leaders are facing new decisions about how to stay compliant and cost-efficient. Understanding the current licensing landscape for Windows ...
IEEE

A License Plate Recognition Method Based on YOLOv8-Pose and E-LPRNet

Abstract: This paper proposes a license plate recognition method based on YOLOv8-Pose and E-LPRNet for complex scenarios such as urban roadside and road inspection. E-LPRNet is a character recognition ...