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Lynn Zhao: Okay. Welcome everyone to Socket Mobile, Inc. Q2 2026 earnings call. My name is Lynn Zhao, CFO at Socket Mobile. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that this conference call may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding mobile data collection and mobile data collection products, including details on timing, distribution, and the market acceptance of products, and the statements predicting trends, sales, and the market conditions and opportunities in the market in which Socket Mobile sells its products. Such a statement involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from the results anticipated in such forward-looking statements because of a number of factors, including but not limited to, the risk of manufacture of Socket's products may be delayed or not rolled out as predicted due to technological, market, or financial factors, including the availability of product components and the necessary working capital. The risk that market acceptance and the sales opportunities may not happen as anticipated, the risk that Socket's application partners and the current distribution channels may choose not to distribute the products or may not be successful in doing so. The risk that acceptance of Socket's products in vertical application markets may not happen as anticipated, as well as other risks described in Socket's most recent Form 10-K and the 10-Q reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Socket does not undertake any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. On the call with me today is Dave Holmes, President and Chief Executive Officer. I will now turn the call over to Dave. Dave, you may begin.
Dave Holmes: Thanks, Lynn. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us today to discuss our results for the second quarter of 2026. The environment we are operating in remains difficult. Our top-line results reflects the continued challenge we are seeing with our retail scanning business. Our second quarter revenue of $3.0 million fell short of expectations. Gross margin was 46.4% versus 49.9% in the prior year's quarter, and operating expenses came in at $2.6 million, versus $2.7 million in the prior year's quarter. We are not at all satisfied with that outcome. We have implemented several plans to help bolster sales. We have also cut our costs further and have implemented several cost-cutting measures, including selective headcount reductions. These measures will remain in effect for the remainder of 2026. Along with our intense focus on cost control and cost elimination, we are aggressively implementing AI to make our resources more effective and more efficient. Our engineering team has systematically rolled this out over the last …
