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With the "Space Jam" Air Jordan XIs re-releasing this month, there’s been a lot of nostalgia for 2009. Not only is it the last time that particular Jordan dropped, it was also arguably the year that ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Bots are one of the more controversial parts of the sneaker resale world. While some resellers swear by the software applications that expedite ...

Around the time that dedicated collectors started pitching tents outside sneakers stores, winding so far down the block that police sometimes felt it necessary to shut the whole thing down, sneakers ...

Automated purchasing bots, also known as “sneaker bots,” “click bots,” “Instacart bots,” and other names, are ruining the online shopping and gig economy experience for both consumers and workers.

They say capitalism breeds innovation. But in the sneaker world, that innovation has translated into people buying coveted pairs from Nike, Adidas, and other brands, only to sell them at a markup ...

Sneaker bots are more widespread than ever, and it looks like Nike might have the only effective way to stop them. "I can tell you with 100 percent confidence, any non-lottery site is bottable," ...

Sneakerheads like to complain about the one that got away. About haunting sneaker apps and websites yet failing to win shoe-drop raffles or find what they want at semiaffordable prices. About how the ...

Jason Kent, hacker-in-residence at Cequence Security, discusses fake online accounts, and the fraud they carry out on a daily basis. Recently, one of my friends from my submarine days sent me a friend ...

Without a technological leg up, it can be close to impossible to purchase a pair of hyped sneakers when they drop at retail. That's where "bots,"software applications that expedite the online checkout ...

Bots are a special, clever kind of software. Much faster than any human sneakerhead could ever click on the correct shoe size and enter their credit card number, bots can swoop in and buy everything ...

Nike SB -- the company's skateboarding division -- teamed up with Strangelove Skateboards to produce a pair of limited edition Valentine's Day Dunks. The pink and red color scheme was an instant hit ...