Nike’s SNKRS app uses AR to help you buy limited-edition shoes

Nike is the latest company to join the augmented reality craze. The sportswear giant has started using the tech to sell limited-edition kicks through its SNRKS app, with the system’s first drop being the Nike SB Dunk High Pro “Momofuku,” a model designed in collaboration with renowned chef David Chang. To unlock these sneakers in […]

This teardown reveals all of the futuristic tech inside Nike’s $720 self-lacing sneakers

Mindtribe Nike’s HyperAdapt shoes are all about the self-lacing technology embedded inside. This represents a major shift for the brand, and helps explain why the shoe was in development for so long. But so far, the self-lacing tech has been mostly heard and not seen, as Nike has stayed very quiet about the actual gadgets that […]

Nike’s CEO condemned Trump’s immigration order in a letter to staff

Nike chief executive Mark Parker has condemned Trump’s executive order banning arrivals from certain Muslim countries in an internal email to staff in which he said he was “moved” by Sir Mo Farah’s “powerful statement.” Parker’s message called on staff to stand up for the brand’s values of celebrating diversity which he said were being […]