Ford has introduced updated versions of the Ranger pickup and the closely related Everest SUV in Australia, shortly after the new-generation Toyota Hilux and Nissan Navara rivals entered the fray. The ...

ABS issued a product design assessment (PDA) certificate to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its condition-based maintenance system, SCBM. The system has earned a SMART (MHM) Tier 2 PDA from ABS, ...

Major League Baseball is introducing the Automated Balls-Strikes challenge system (ABS system) next season after growing complaints about the way balls and strikes are called. It might be a year too ...

As we get set for a thrilling October with this year's MLB playoffs, I have bad news for those of you who appreciate the league's still-new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System. It was first ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Robot umpires have not yet entered the chat, but their arrival is imminent. Tuesday’s announcement that Major League Baseball will fully adopt an automated ball-strike (ABS) ...

As we enter the final week of the 2025 MLB regular season, the league has made a significant announcement, stating that it will implement an Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System for the entirety of ...

MLB is moving to a new system that allows balls and strikes to be challenged next year. / Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Welcome to 'Ask Jimmy,' where SI Media writer ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

The future is officially coming to MLB next year. The league announced on Tuesday that an Automated Ball Strike (ABS) system will be implemented for the 2026 season and provided the rules for how the ...

With MLB’s competition committee expected to approve the automated ball-strike challenge system on Tuesday, it’s a good time to explain both how ABS works and clear up some of its misconceptions.

The robot umps are here. Major League Baseball’s competition committee on Tuesday afternoon approved the introduction of the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, for the 2026 regular season. Every ...