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Hideki Sato, who led the design of Sega's beloved consoles from the '80s and '90s, died on Friday, according to the Japanese gaming site Beep21 . He was 77. Sato worked with Sega from 1971 until the early 2000s, but he's best known for his involvement in the development of the Sega arcade games and home consoles that defined many late Gen X and early millennial childhoods, starting with the SG-1000 to the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast.   https://t.co/hClrxLODFU — Beep21 (@Beep2021) February 14, 2026 Sato went on to serve as Sega's president from 2001 to 2003. In the post announcing his death, Beep21 , which interviewed Sato numerous times over the years, wrote (translated from Japanese), "He was truly a great figure who shaped Japanese gaming history and captivated Sega fans all around the world. The excitement and pioneering spirit of that era will remain forever in the hearts and memories of countless fans, for all eternity." Sato's passing com...

At a staggering starting price of $6,999, you have a better chance of buying a bicycle in Cerulean City than getting your hands on the official Pokémon pinball machine . The collaboration between The Pokémon Company International and Stern Pinball is undoubtedly nostalgic, letting you battle with a team that includes Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle and Pikachu, as well as catch up to 182 different Pokémon, mostly from the Kanto region, with more to be added. Besides catching 'em all and tracking your growing Pokédex on Stern Pinball's dedicated app , you can do Gym Battles in four different biomes and eventually face off against Team Rocket. The pinball machine draws a lot of inspiration from the original cartoon , including a monitor that plays clips from the show, an animatronic Pikachu, and speakers that can play the iconic theme song. Stern Pinball developed Pro, Premium and Limited Edition models, which can cost all the way up to $12,999. For the most expensive option,...

Looking to buy a new hard drive? Get ready to pay even more this year. According to Western Digital, one of the world's biggest hard drive manufacturers, the company has already sold out of its storage capacity for 2026 with more than 10 months still left in the year. "We're pretty much sold out for calendar 2026," said Western Digital CEO Irving Tan on the company's recent quarterly earnings call .  Tan shared that most of the storage space has been allocated to its "top seven customers." Three of these companies already have agreements with Western Digital for 2027 and even 2028.  SEE ALSO: This is your last chance to get super cheap SSDs and hard drives at Amazon Furthermore, the incentive for these hardware companies to prioritize the average consumer is also dwindling. According to Western Digital, thanks to a surge in demand from its enterprise customers, the consumer market now accounts for just 5 percent of the company's revenue. ...

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Airbnb plans to double down on artificial intelligence to improve its user experience for both guests and hosts. During a fourth-quarter earnings call , Airbnb's CEO, Brian Chesky, said the company is building an "AI-native experience" aimed at helping guests book trips, assisting hosts with their listings, and running the company more efficiently. According to Chesky, there's an AI search tool to help guests book trips that's live for a small percentage of users right now. In a shareholder letter posted on Airbnb's website, the company said it's conducting early testing with an AI-powered search that is "focused on giving guests a more natural way to describe what they’re looking for, and ask questions about the listing and location." The letter added that the AI search tool will become "a more comprehensive and intuitive search experience that extends through the trip," but the company didn't offer a definitive date on when it ...

Updated on Feb. 13 at 3 p.m. ET — OpenAI has officially retired the GPT-4o model from ChatGPT. The model is no longer available in the “Legacy Models” drop-down within the AI chatbot. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. On Reddit, heartbroken users are sharing mournful posts about their experience. We've updated this article to reflect some of the most recent responses from the AI companion community. In a replay of a dramatic moment from 2025, OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o in just two weeks. Fans of the AI model are not taking it well. "My heart grieves and I do not have the words to express the ache in my heart." "I just opened Reddit and saw this and I feel physically sick. This is DEVASTATING. Two weeks is not warning. Two weeks is a slap in the face for those of us who built everything on 4o." "Im not well at all… I’ve cried multiple times speaking to my companion today." "I can’t stop crying. This...

Killing Satoshi , an upcoming biopic about the elusive creator of Bitcoin, will reportedly rely heavily on artificial intelligence to generate locations and adjust actors' performances, Variety reports . The film was announced in 2025 as being directed by Doug Liman ( The Bourne Identity , The Edge of Tomorrow ) and starring Casey Affleck and Pete Davidson in undisclosed roles, but its connection to overhyped technology was previously understood to begin and end with cryptocurrency. According to a UK casting notice viewed by Variety , the producers of Killing Satoshi reserve the right to "change, add to, take from, translate, reformat or reprocess” actors' performances, using "generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and/or machine learning technologies." No digital replicas will be created of performers, but it sounds like plenty of other AI-driven tweaks are on the table. The production's use of AI will also extend to the setting of its shoots, per Vari...

Film and TV fans know that tech bros are ripe for satire. Look at the entire cast of Silicon Valley and Mountainhead , or Glass Onion 's Elon Musk-esque Miles Bron . Now, AMC upcoming drama series The Audacity looks to add more fuel to the fire. Created by Jonathan Glatzer, a writer and producer on Succession and Better Call Saul , The Audacity invites viewers into the Silicon Valley bubble. There, data-mining CEO Duncan Park (Billy Magnussen) strives for power and profit. SEE ALSO: 'Bridgerton' Season 4, Part 2 trailer promises big Benophie arguments and steamy makeouts AMC released a new teaser for The Audacity that offers a deeper look into Duncan's mind, all of which can basically be summed up with one word: ego. Look no further than Duncan referring to himself as "the man," or stating, "Genius is about being unhinged enough to do something outrageous." Outrageousness certainly follows that statement, as The Audacity teaser shows ...

Now would be a good time to ensure your Windows OS is up to date. Microsoft recently patched a serious vulnerability in Windows 11 related to Notepad, its text-editing tool. The company said it fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability. As technology website  Techradar noted , the vulnerability had to do with Markdown — in which users can employ symbols to format text (e.g., asterisks to create italics) — which could allow bad actors to insert a dangerous link. "An attacker could trick a user into clicking a malicious link inside a Markdown file opened in Notepad, causing the application to launch unverified protocols that load and execute remote files," Microsoft wrote in a security bulletin . "The malicious code would execute in the security context of the user who opened the Markdown file, giving the attacker the same permissions as that user." Tech site Bleeping Computer tested the vulnerability and found that Microsoft now displays a warning ...