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 ...

Across the top of TrackingPoint’s website is the statement: “Due to financial difficulty TrackingPoint will no longer be accepting orders.” This is the company that made news in 2013 when it used ...

Even if you’re not into guns you’ll likely remember the controversial sniper rifles TrackingPoint introduced a few years ago, as they were covered widely by cable news outlets and everyone else.

A little more than a month ago, TrackingPoint’s technology gave the world its first “smart rifle,” which allowed users to share their shots on social media sites. The new super gun will employ some of ...

Since first running into TrackingPoint at CES 2013, we’ve kept tabs on the Austin-based company and its Linux-powered rifles, which it collectively calls “Precision Guided Firearms,” or PGFs. We got ...

One cool but sunny afternoon in January, I drove an hour outside of Las Vegas to try out a magical new gun. The system was explained to me in detail, with the conclusion being that anyone could hit ...

Just a few months after announcing a 107 percent year-over-year increase in sales and $20 million in revenue for 2014, Pflugerville, Texas-based TrackingPoint appears to be on the verge of shutting ...

Many former TrackingPoint employees say you can spell death with three letters: BRS. TrackingPoint had a stunning product. Launched in 2011, the startup was a gun manufacturer building rifles designed ...

When TrackingPoint first showcased its Linux-powered scopes with tracking assistance that substantially improved rifle accuracy, even in the hands of untrained hunters, it kicked off a controversy ...

LAS VEGAS -- Smart rifle-maker TrackingPoint Inc. has teamed with Recon Instruments to sync imagery from its high-tech scope system directly into protective glasses, an official said. The Austin, ...

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 ...

A door breach training area at Front Sight. A door breach training area at Front Sight. My experience with guns is limited to plinking beer cans with a .22 or a BB rifle at my parents' cabin in ...