MLB challenge system, explained: What to know about ABS rules and robot umpires in 2026 season

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

Everything to know about MLB’s new ABS robot challenge system — and the potential for humiliation

I think it’s embarrassing, embarrassing to the umpires that are calling the game. Nobody likes to be humiliated in front of ...

Robot strike zone will create winners and losers among pitchers, batters who earned human calls

Major League Baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike System changes how pitches get called, and some players gain while others ...

Introducing the Robot Umpire

Many fans call it the robot ump. It’s a major change for a sport steeped so deeply in tradition, and some players have ...

Watch Charles Barkley Speak to a Talking Basketball in Horrifying March Madness Segment

Here at Sports Illustrated we, by trade, watch a lot of basketball. We never watch more basketball than this time of year, ...
The Verge

Honor claims its Robot Phone will launch later this year

Its 200-megapixel main camera is supposedly built into the smallest 4DoF gimbal around. Its 200-megapixel main camera is supposedly built into the smallest 4DoF gimbal around. is a news editor with ...
CNBC

China's Honor shows off smartphone with robotic camera arm and teases a humanoid robot

The Robot Phone has a robotic camera that can track subjects as they move around. Honor also launched the Magic V6, its latest foldable smartphone. The releases come against the ongoing shortage of ...
Mashable

Honor's Robot Phone hand-on: It's wild, and it's weird

Honor brought its Robot Phone concept to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, giving us a first close look at the device. Honor calls the Robot Phone a "new species" of smartphone that combines ...
TechCrunch

Why China’s humanoid robot industry is winning the early market

China’s humanoid robots grabbed global attention with kung fu flips at the nation’s televised Spring Festival Gala, while Chinese phone maker Honor is set to unveil its first humanoid robot at MWC in ...
Barron's

Humanoid Robots Are at the Gate. The Problem: Cost.

Fans of humanoid robots might want to catch a recent NBC News report on Unitree’s Lunar New Year celebration. It features chorus lines of robots performing feats of dexterity and coordination—kung fu, ...
9to5google

Galaxy S26 ‘Now Nudge’ is basically Google Pixel’s Magic Cue, but you’re forced to use Samsung Keyboard

Samsung is completely changing directions this year, and among moves like adding Perplexity as an AI assistant instead of relying on Gemini, Samsung is releasing something called “Now Nudge” on the ...
Los Angeles Times

Delivery robots have his old job — and now they’ve created a new one for him

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A hot new job has emerged in Los Angeles: robot wrangler to help delivery bots navigate the real world. The robots ...