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HYDAWAY DIGITAL LAUNCHES REALITYCHEK AI DETECTION BOT ON X, BRINGING REAL-TIME “IS IT REAL?” VERIFICATION TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS

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New social bot lets X users verify whether content is real or AI-generated on demand — by tagging @realitychek_ai directly in the feed, where misinformation spreads fastest.

VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 6, 2026 /CNW/ — Hydaway Digital Corp. (TSXV: HIDE) (OTCQB: HIDDF) (FSE: C88) (“Hydaway” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the launch of a new RealityChek AI detection bot on the social platform X (formerly Twitter). The bot brings the Company’s multi-modal content-verification technology directly into the public feed, allowing X users to invoke on-demand AI analysis of any piece of content — simply by mentioning the bot — and receive a verdict on whether it is authentic or AI-generated in real time, at the exact moment they encounter it.

The bot works conversationally. A user replies to or mentions @realitychek_ai and asks whether a piece of content — an image, video, audio clip, or claim — is real, fake, or authentic. RealityChek’s detection engine analyzes the content and responds publicly with a verdict, putting the Company’s full detection platform to work inside a single mention — no app to download, no file to upload, and no need to leave X.

“The damage from synthetic content happens in the feed, in real time, long before anyone thinks to visit a verification website,” said Karl Kottmeier, Chief Executive Officer of Hydaway. “By putting RealityChek on X, we’re meeting people exactly where suspect content is created, shared, and believed. Verifying a piece of content is now as simple as tagging @realitychek_ai in the conversation — no apps, no uploads, no leaving the feed — on one of the most active public platforms in the world.”

Why X — Scale, Speed, and Reach

X remains one of the largest and most influential public platforms in the world. Independent 2026 estimates place X’s audience in the range of roughly 550 to 620 million monthly active users, with daily active usage estimated at approximately 250 million.1 Because X no longer publishes official user metrics, these figures are third-party estimates, but together they describe an audience measured in the hundreds of millions.

Critically for RealityChek, X is where news and real-time information travel. Industry reporting indicates that a majority of U.S. adults use X to follow news — more than any other social platform — and that false information can spread several times faster than accurate information.2,3 Independent analyses estimate that a growing share of content on the platform is now AI-generated, underscoring exactly the problem RealityChek is built to solve.4

That combination — enormous reach, real-time velocity, and a rising volume of synthetic content — makes X a natural home for a live verification tool, and a powerful channel to introduce RealityChek to a mainstream audience.

Why This Matters — The Rising Cost of Synthetic Content

The volume and cost of AI-generated deception have grown sharply. Industry sources report that tens of millions of AI images are now produced every day, and studies have found that people are frequently unable to distinguish AI-generated images from authentic ones.5,6 On the financial side, the Deloitte Center for Financial Services has projected that generative-AI-enabled fraud losses in the United States could reach approximately US$40 billion by 2027, and independent research has attributed billions of dollars in documented global losses to deepfake-related fraud, a large share of it originating on social media platforms.7,8

As synthetic media becomes cheaper and more convincing, the ability to quickly and independently verify content is becoming essential infrastructure for individuals, enterprises, and platforms alike. The RealityChek bot on X is designed to make that capability accessible to everyone, instantly.

How RealityChek Works

RealityChek is an enterprise-grade AI detection and content-verification platform operated through a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hydaway Digital Corp. Its Reality Engine aggregates multiple tuned AI models to deliver detection across image, video, audio, and text, alongside identity verification and liveness-detection capabilities. The platform’s detection technology analyzes signals such as noise, frequency, compression, and pixel-level artifacts to identify AI-generated and manipulated content. The new X bot is powered by this same detection stack, running on Hydaway’s high-performance GPU compute infrastructure.

The RealityChek X bot joins a growing suite of detection tools — including DETECT, the Company’s web-based image and URL checker, and RealityChek’s Liveness and Streaming Audio detection capabilities for enterprise clients. The detection suite is available at detect.realitychek.com.

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1 Independent third-party estimates; X no longer publishes official user metrics. See Wytlabs, “Twitter (X) Statistics” (2026), https://wytlabs.com/blog/twitter-x-statistics/; Backlinko, https://backlinko.com/twitter-users; DemandSage, https://www.demandsage.com/twitter-statistics/.
2 Pew Research Center, “How Americans Get News on TikTok, X, Facebook and Instagram” (June 12, 2024), https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/06/12/how-americans-get-news-on-tiktok-x-facebook-and-instagram/; Pew Research Center, “Social Media and News Fact Sheet” (Sept. 25, 2025), https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet/.
3 Vosoughi, Roy & Aral, “The spread of true and false news online,” Science (2018); summary at MIT Sloan, https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/study-false-news-spreads-faster-truth.
4 Aggregated platform estimates via Everypixel Journal; see Imagera, “AI Image Generation Statistics 2026,” https://imagera.ai/blog/ai-image-generation-statistics-2026.
5 Aggregated platform estimates via Everypixel Journal; see Imagera, “AI Image Generation Statistics 2026,” https://imagera.ai/blog/ai-image-generation-statistics-2026.
6 Conjointly, “Can people still tell real photos from AI images in 2025?” (Sept. 2025), https://conjointly.com/blog/real-vs-ai-images-2025/; Swansea University (Nov. 6, 2025), https://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-events/news/2025/11/fake-or-the-real-thing-how-ai-can-make-it-harder-to-trust-the-pictures-we-see.php.
7 Deloitte Center for Financial Services, “Generative AI is expected to magnify the risk of deepfakes and other fraud in banking” (2024), https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/financial-services/deepfake-banking-fraud-risk-on-the-rise.html.
8 Surfshark Research, “Deepfake fraud by country” and “Deepfake fraud origins” (2026), https://surfshark.com/research/chart/deepfake-fraud-countries; https://surfshark.com/research/chart/deepfake-fraud-origins.

About the Company

Hydaway Digital Corp. is a North Vancouver-based AI infrastructure and compute services company. The Company operates a GPU rental platform providing bare-metal compute capacity for AI training, inference, and high-performance workloads. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, RealityChek (TSXV: HIDE), Hydaway also offers a multi-modal AI detection and content-verification platform. Please visit www.hydawaydigital.com and www.realitychek.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”, including statements respecting the services to be provided the Company and the consideration to be paid to the Company. The use of any of the words “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “would”, “project”, “should”, “believe” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. These statements speak only as of the date of this News Release. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks including various risk factors discussed in the Company’s disclosure documents which can be found under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

Neither the Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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SpryPoint Names Tara Davidson Its New Chief People Officer

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Addition to executive team underscores SpryPoint’s investment in the people and culture behind its rapid growth

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE and ATLANTA, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — SpryPoint, a leading provider of cloud-native software for utilities, today announced that Tara Davidson has joined the company as Chief People Officer, effective August 31, 2026. Davidson will sit on SpryPoint’s executive leadership team, reporting directly to CEO Kyle Strang.

“I don’t see culture and growth as a trade-off; I see people strategy as business strategy.”

Davidson brings a track record of building people functions that scale alongside fast-growing organizations, with deep experience partnering with executive teams and boards on the talent, culture, and organizational strategy needed to sustain growth. She joins SpryPoint as the company has grown from roughly 75 to more than 375 employees, a trajectory that has made people strategy a board-level priority.

“Utilities trust SpryPoint because our people show up for them every day with the expertise and care this industry deserves,” said Kyle Strang, CEO of SpryPoint. “As we’ve grown, it’s become clear that our team is our real differentiator – not just the software we build. Tara has spent her career building the kind of culture and talent strategy that lets a company grow without losing what makes it work. She’s going to help us make sure that as SpryPoint scales, we keep getting stronger, not more diluted.”

“What drew me to SpryPoint is the stage we’re at. This kind of rapid growth is exactly the inflection point where a company either builds the people infrastructure to scale deliberately, or lets what made it special get diluted along the way. I don’t see culture and growth as a trade-off; I see people strategy as business strategy. My approach is to treat things like how we hire, develop, and support our teams with the same rigor we’d apply to any other growth lever, because in a software-as-a-service business, engaged, well-supported employees are directly connected to the client experience we deliver,” said Davidson.

In her role, Davidson will lead SpryPoint’s people strategy across talent acquisition, organizational development, culture, and total rewards, with a mandate to build the infrastructure that lets SpryPoint’s employees deliver an exceptional experience for utility customers and communities across North America.

About SpryPoint

Founded in 2011, SpryPoint builds and delivers integrated, cloud-native software solutions to empower utilities to serve customers better, operate more efficiently, and provide new levels of business visibility and data-driven decision-making. Today, more than 100 utilities across the Americas rely on SpryPoint to modernize billing, customer engagement, and field operations to transform their business. In 2025, SpryPoint was recognized as a Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ company in Canada and a Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ company in North America. For more information, visit www.sprypoint.com or contact info@sprypoint.com.

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Jordan Vardell, SpryPoint, 1 (855) TRY-SPRY, info@sprypoint.com, https://www.sprypoint.com/

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Beyond Boston TV Series Spotlights Greater Boston Real Estate, Lifestyle and Community on REAL Shows Network

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Locally hosted series led by Danny O’Connell highlights the homes, businesses, people, and communities that define Greater Boston and Southern New Hampshire.

BOSTON, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — REAL Shows Network (RSN), the national television platform dedicated to elevating real estate and lifestyle storytelling, has added Beyond Boston, a new locally hosted series serving Greater Boston and Southern New Hampshire, to its lineup. The real estate and lifestyle TV series is hosted by local real estate professional Danny O’Connell and produced by RSN’s Emmy-nominated, Telly Award-winning team.

Viewers can learn more about the series and watch episodes of Beyond Boston at realshows.tv.

Born and raised in Dracut, Massachusetts, O’Connell comes from a family with deep roots in real estate. His parents have each been licensed for nearly three decades, and O’Connell entered the business himself at age 18. Together, the family-run team works with everything from first-time homebuyers and new construction to investment properties, foreclosures, commercial real estate, and luxury homes.

Each episode of Beyond Boston features O’Connell:

Highlighting distinctive homes, neighborhoods, and communities across Greater Boston and Southern New HampshireSharing stories from local businesses, entrepreneurs, and community leadersExploring a wide range of real estate, from new construction and investment properties to luxury homesBringing a family-focused, approachable perspective to the buying and selling experience

“Real estate has always been a family business for us, and our philosophy is simple: our family helping yours,” said Danny O’Connell, host of Beyond Boston. “We work with all types of clients and properties, and we’re not afraid to get our hands dirty to help get the job done. My goal has always been to make the process as easy, stress-free, and fun as possible. Through Beyond Boston, I’m excited to share the homes, businesses, people, and communities that make this region such a great place to live and work.”

O’Connell’s connection to real estate began early. As a kindergartner, he overheard his teacher mention that she needed to buy a house, brought her one of his father’s business cards the next day, and helped make an introduction that ultimately led to multiple real estate transactions over the years. That early family connection to the business continues today through the team’s full-service approach to real estate, property management, and construction.

Beyond Boston is part of REAL Shows Network’s growing lineup of locally branded series that highlight communities across the United States.

As part of RSN’s national network of locally branded shows, Beyond Boston gives its host a full 30 minutes to build a recognizable, personality-driven brand while authentically representing Greater Boston, Southern New Hampshire, and the communities the O’Connell family serves. The show also provides local businesses, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and community leaders a high-quality platform to share their stories through cinematic, lifestyle-driven segments.

Rooted in RSN’s mission of positive media, Beyond Boston focuses on authenticity, connection, and the people and experiences behind real estate. It gives viewers a closer look at the homes, communities, businesses, and personalities that shape life throughout the region. High-resolution images and video clips from Beyond Boston are available upon request.

About Danny O’Connell

Danny O’Connell is a real estate professional from Dracut, Massachusetts, and part of a family-run real estate team serving Greater Boston, Southern New Hampshire, and beyond. Licensed since age 18, O’Connell works with buyers, sellers, investors, first-time homebuyers, new construction, foreclosures, commercial properties, and luxury real estate. He also operates property management and construction businesses and leads a networking group for young entrepreneurs and business owners.

About REAL Shows Network

REAL Shows Network (RSN) is a national TV network for top real estate professionals and influential local leaders, giving select hosts in each market the exclusive opportunity to lead a full 30-minute show that showcases their expertise, partners, and community. Created by an Emmy-nominated, Telly Award-winning production team, RSN delivers cinematic, lifestyle-driven storytelling and strategic media exposure that builds authority, deepens community connection, and elevates positive stories in each market. For more information, visit realshows.tv.

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The Inner Circle acknowledges Robert “Dean” Day, as an Inner Circle Five Year

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COOKEVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Robert “Dean” Day is acknowledged as an Inner Circle Five Year for his contributions to Fiber Optic Infrastructure.

Robert Dean Day has built a distinguished career in the broadband industry, recognized for his leadership, technical expertise, and long standing contributions to fiber optic infrastructure across the southeastern United States. With decades of experience in outside plant fiber optic operations and direct sales, Mr. Day has played a meaningful role in advancing broadband connectivity and supporting large scale telecommunications growth.

Throughout his career, Mr. Day demonstrated expertise in fiber optic equipment, broadband solutions, and team leadership. His responsibilities included managing outside plant fiber optic initiatives, overseeing direct sales efforts, coordinating calls and email communications, and directing teams to ensure consistent performance and client satisfaction. His collaborative leadership style and commitment to continuous learning have been hallmarks of his professional approach.

One of Mr. Day’s most notable accomplishments was serving as chief negotiator at Nortel, where he successfully led the procurement of an eight point six billion dollar agreement with MCI WorldCom. This achievement highlighted his ability to manage complex negotiations and deliver results at the highest levels of the telecommunications industry.

Mr. Day held roles with organizations such as Calix and most recently retired from CableSouth Construction in January of this year. His career has been recognized with numerous honors, including President’s Club distinctions, Salesman of the Year, and the Panhandle Phone Ten Years of Safe and Courteous Beverage Cart Driving Award.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Tennessee Technological University and remains actively affiliated with the Tennessee Broadband Association and the Fiber Broadband Association.

Outside of his professional career, Mr. Day enjoys University of Tennessee football, card collecting, attending games, and visiting historical sites. As he enters retirement, he looks forward to continued learning and engagement with fellow executives, guided by a philosophy centered on curiosity, collaboration, and shared success.

Contact: Katherine Green, 516-825-5634, editorialteam@continentalwhoswho.com

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