Crime is Slate’s crime blog. Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @slatecrime. So you’ve got the urge to send some rounds downrange, but you can’t shoot and don’t want to take the time to ...

Hitting a target at 1,000 yards is a skill only possessed by a few elite snipers. But all that is about to change, thanks to a high-tech bullet guidance system created by Texas gun manufacturer ...

TrackingPoint, which says its smart-rifle technology can turn any rookie shooter into a crack marksman, is having that claim tested by the U.S. military. The Army has bought six fire control systems ...

When we first covered TrackingPoint's computer-assisted weapons at CES, it was the rifles' object-tagging that got everyone's attention. Its Precision-Guided Firearm (PGF) system allows a shooter to ...

Back in May, things were looking grim for Austin-based TrackingPoint. The company, which manufactures Linux-powered smart rifles capable of nailing moving targets more than a thousand yards away, had ...

LAS VEGAS — Using Wi-Fi, two security researchers found a way to subvert a computer-aided sniper rifle. Computer security researchers Runa Sandvik and her husband Michael Auger hacked a TrackingPoint ...

Like guns? Prepare to drool. Behind the doors of a high-rise suite at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Digital Trends got the world’s first look at the all-new 500 Series AR Smart Rifle from ...

TrackingPoint, the creator of the precision-guided firearm, is aiming to put its rifles in the hands of more hunters and target shooters. The four-year-old company was the first to sell a firearm that ...

LAS VEGAS, NEV.—In what’s becoming a yearly tradition for Ars, we met up with Austin-based TrackingPoint at CES to see what was new in the world of “Precision Guided Firearms”—the term the company ...

Linux is everywhere these days, including in TrackingPoint’s new AR15 rifles. If you’ve got $10,000 or more to spend then you can own one of these high-tech firearms that include a tracking system ...

When we first covered TrackingPoint's computer-assisted weapons at CES, it was the rifles' object-tagging that got everyone's attention. Its Precision-Guided Firearm (PGF) system allows a shooter to ...