QTPIE turns the driving exam into a phone on the dashboard: its dual cameras and sensors watch road and driver, scoring speed ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on ...

Fans won’t see actual robots at Harbor Park this season, but they might see the future of umpiring in the major leagues without really seeing it. If a change can be simultaneously subtle and major, it ...

Since 2008, Major League Baseball has allowed some form of video review to guard against incorrect umpire calls. Balls and strikes have always been exempt from challenges. That will change next year.

Baseball is a pastime laced with tradition, but it can also be an ambiguous sport. Did a pitcher throw strike three, or did it just miss the corner of the zone? So far, that decision has hinged on the ...

Scott Servais, now manager of the Seattle Mariners but a catcher during his playing career, remembers when a member of the front office explained to him just how valuable catchers can be in tipping a ...

Home plate umpire Darius Ghani, left, wears an ear plug that relays a balls-strike call from the new automated system used in Triple-A baseball during the Isotopes' Wednesday night home game vs. Round ...

Major League Baseball will introduce an Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System beginning in the 2026 season, allowing players to contest umpire calls on balls and strikes for the first time in the ...

PARKERSBURG –­ A new automated calling system is being implemented by the Wood County Circuit Clerk’s Office to notify those summoned for jury duty. The new system is expected to be in operation ...