British Columbia Premier David Eby has backed down on a loyalty test for his New Democratic Party caucus that could have ...

The way we tell computers what to do, through programming languages, has changed a ton. We’re going to take a look at the ...

Would baseball be a better sport if ABS called every pitch? We spent weeks looking into that question. There are many factors ...

That's because "robot umpires," in a sense, have officially arrived to MLB. The human element remains, but players will now ...

From the moment MLB began testing an automated strike zone in the minor leagues, its eventual arrival to regular season MLB games was an inevitability. And that time has finally arrived. After testing ...

Call them an extra set of eyes. With the start of Major League Baseball's regular season this week, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System makes its debut in all 30 ballparks. The system, ...

The new ABS system is requiring precise measurements of every player. That made 250 hitters suddenly shorten to their true heights. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; iStock He wasn’t 6 ...

With a new Major League Baseball season here, a major change will play a unique role in how the year progresses. Coming to the majors this season is the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, or ABS ...

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...

Richie Garcia is worried about the impact that robot umpires will have on their human counterparts. Major League Baseball introduced the Automated Ball-Strike System for regular-season play this ...

Major League Baseball’s new era arrived faster than expected. José Caballero became the first player in MLB history to use the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system during a regular-season game ...

Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most original problems. Those booklets get shared among delegations, then quietly ...