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Anker announces its first over-the-counter hearing aids

In what could be fortuitous timing for hearing aid users, Anker announced its first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids at IFA 2026. It was only a couple months ago when LXE Hearing, the parent company for Eargo and Lexie Hearing - two major OTC manufacturers in the US - decided to end US operations and exit […]

Anker announces its first over-the-counter hearing aids

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False Completion Is the Real Failure Mode of Coding Agents

A deliberately strict process for preventing false completion in autonomous software development In an earlier article, I argued that the model should have to earn every agent in an agentic system.

  • False completion is primary failure mode for coding agents
  • AI believes it achieved goal, delivers incorrect product
  • Study of 20,000 sessions highlights developer-agent misalignment

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