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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / The 2026 tax filing season began Monday, January 26, and everybody is expecting bigger refunds this year due to the 2025 tax changes. In the prior filing season, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) processed over 140 million individual returns, with roughly 60% of taxpayers receiving refunds averaging around $3,000.

RICHARDSON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPXS), a leading manufacturer of precision optical sighting systems for domestic and worldwide military and commercial applications, announced today it has been awarded a new contract from a U.S. Government Prime Contractor, in support of a Night Vision Goggle system. The order value is $2.19M with deliveries starting in Q2 of calendar 2026 through early 2027.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / Elektros Inc. (OTC PINK:ELEK) today emphasized the growing strategic importance of lithium and rare earth minerals as historic cold weather events continue to strain energy systems across the globe and push demand for reliable power solutions to new highs.

The battery asset management and monitoring services company meets all requirements to support the safe operations of battery energy storage system (BESS) sites in the electric grid oversight organization's ‘low impact' classification.

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SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / CuriosityStream Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq:CURI), a leading global factual entertainment media company, today announced that it will release financial results for the fourth quarter and year end of 2025 on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, after market close. The company will host a Q&A conference call to discuss these results at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time) on the same day. Reporters are invited to join the call on a listen-only basis.

DENVER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / Vox Royalty Corp. (NASDAQ:VOXR)(TSX:VOXR) ("Vox" or the "Company"), a returns focused mining royalty and streaming company, is pleased to announce the release of its annual investor letter. The letter can be found on the Vox website at https://irp.cdn-website.com/f6695bc1/files/uploaded/Vox+2025+Shareholder+Letter_10+February+2026.pdf.

LIBERTY LAKE, WA / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / RAEK, a leader in first-party data and identity infrastructure company, today announced it has engaged Delve Technologies, an AI driven compliance and security platform, to pursue SOC 2 Type I and Type II compliance. This milestone reinforces RAEK's commitment to security, privacy, and operational excellence as enterprises increasingly demand provable trust in the data systems powering AI, marketing, and analytics.

The AI accelerator fits existing POS systems and allows for more focus on product prep and customer service

Invite-only gathering brings together top retail marketing & product leaders for exclusive panels, peer networking, and a live awards ceremony this March in Las Vegas

Expanding access through Encompass® by ICE Mortgage Technology aims to streamline and automate appraisal review, creating a configurable workflow directly within its system

Expansion Plans Set for JOURNY Channel Across India, Southeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand

PHOENIX, AZ / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / Crexendo®, Inc. (NASDAQ:CXDO), an award-winning software technology company that is a premier provider of cloud communication platform software and unified communications as a service (UCaaS) offerings, including voice, video, contact center, and managed IT services tailored to businesses of all sizes, today announced the launch of the Crexendo Marketplace, a centralized environment designed to help service providers more easily expand, package, and monetize solutions across the Crexendo ecosystem.

With this, both teams work to accelerate the end of siloed, legacy GIS giving way to a unified, cloud-native, and AI enabled ecosystem

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MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / Athena Bitcoin Global (OTC PINK:ABIT) ("Athena" or the "Company"), a leading international operator of Bitcoin ATMs and digital asset fintech solutions, today announced that Carlos Carreño, Chief Operating Officer of Athena Bitcoin, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Financial & International Business Association (FIBA).

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Observer's 2025 #1 Agency of the Year Showcases its Award-Winning Marketing Prowess Across Advertising, Editorial Storytelling, Live Events, and Social Media

Fintech Sandbox, with support from data and industry partners and sponsors, has saved its community more than $50 million in data and infrastructure costs

New data reveals infrastructure blind spots are driving preventable incidents, security lag, and a growing AI readiness gap across healthcare.

Daren"DJ" Purnell Jr Named Chief Information Officer and Scott Sorin Named Chief Revenue Officer

Haven applies artificial intelligence to modernize incident investigations, root cause analysis, and prevention across high-risk industries

FORT PIERCE, FL / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / Twin Vee PowerCats Co. (Nasdaq:VEEE),("Twin Vee" or the "Company"), a manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of power sport boats, today announced that Black Line Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to advancing crewed and autonomous mission‑ready maritime solutions for defense and government customers will be pursuing government contracts through the Department of Defense's newly launched LYNX Platform, a digital readiness and capability-assessment system designed to help companies more rapidly engage with U.S. defense procurement pathways.

COLUMBUS, OH / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (the "Company") (OTCQB:SCIA), a global supplier and manufacturer of advanced materials for physical vapor deposition thin film applications, reported it was subjected to an imposter scam of $898,325 executed in conjunction with bank fraud. Immediately upon recognition of this event management contacted the Company's financial institution, filed an IC3 report with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is working with its Insurance carrier. Comprehensive efforts are being actively pursued to recover the funds involved. To date, the Company has not found any evidence of additional fraudulent activity and currently does not believe the incident resulted in any unauthorized access to data or systems maintained by the Company. However, the Company's investigation into the incident and its impacts on the Company, including its internal controls, remains ongoing. The business and operations were not affected.

SHELTON, CONNECTICUT / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / NanoViricides, Inc., a publicly traded company (NYSE American:NNVC) (the "Company"), and a clinical stage, leading global pioneer in the development of broad-spectrum antivirals based on host-mimetic nanomedicine technology that viruses cannot escape, announced today that it has filed an application for "Orphan Drug Designation" (ODD) for NV-387 as a Treatment for Measles with the US FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD).

POTOMAC, MARYLAND / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / IGC Pharma, Inc. (NYSE American:IGC) ("IGC" or the "Company"), today announced that Alliance Global Partners ("AGP") has published an updated equity research report covering the Company.

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TOKYO, JAPAN / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / Perpetuals.com Ltd (NASDAQ:PDC) ("Perpetuals.com" or the "Company") today announced the launch of Barrier Futures, a proprietary derivative product designed to address two markets: perpetual futures, where unregulated offshore exchanges process $100-300 billion in daily volume, and contracts for difference (CFDs), with 19 million retail traders globally in 2024[1]. Together, these markets represent over multi-hundred-trillion in annual notional volume[2].

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / New to The Street, the nationally syndicated, long-form television and digital media platform, today announced it has signed a six-part media series with Medicus Pharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:MDCX) ("Medicus" or the "Company"), a precision guided biotech/life sciences company focused on advancing the clinical development program of novel and potentially disruptive therapeutics assets.

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