FARGO — Buying sneakers isn’t what it used to be. The days of visiting a shoe store the day of a long-awaited release, waiting in line to grab the right size and interacting with a salesperson are ...

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," ...

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 ...

Sneakerbots have been making life miserable for the average sneakerhead who finds it almost impossible to secure a pair of grails these days. While we continue to curse the house of Nike, respectfully ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sneaker bots are controversial software programs that nab hyped pairs in seconds. Retailers and footwear makers like Nike and Foot Locker are fighting against the disruptive tech. Despite the pushback ...