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Nike And Hyperice’s New Slides Heat And Vibrate Your Feet

The $249 Air Zoom Hyperslide arrives September 29, betting post-workout recovery is footwear’s next frontier.

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2 months ago

July 27, 2026

Nour Nasir

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Nike’s latest recovery experiment strips away most of the shoe itself. The Air Zoom Hyperslide, announced today with recovery gear specialist Hyperice, is a slide that heats and vibrates your feet after training — the second product from a partnership that previously produced the Hyperboot, a high-top that warms up and inflates to deliver an air-compression massage.

The technology lives in what the companies call Hyperslide Pods, which snap magnetically onto the top of each slide and produce heat and vibration “to help your feet relax, reset, and recover from the ground up,” per the marketing material. Each pod offers three heat levels and three vibration settings, with temperatures ranging from 109 degrees Fahrenheit (42.8 degrees Celsius) to 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47.2 degrees Celsius). The companies recommend wearing socks — sensible advice for anyone strapping heated hardware to their feet, whatever it does for the look!

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The pods pair with the Hyperice app over Bluetooth for customizing settings, though onboard buttons handle the same job without a phone, and indicator lights show heat, vibration, and battery status. A charge lasts about an hour depending on use — roughly six 10-minute recovery sessions — and replenishes via USB-C.

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Underfoot, the slides use a low-profile Nike Air Zoom sole with a textured, cushioned footbed, and carry design cues from the Hyperboot, including distinct circles where the velcro straps meet the shoe. They come in black or a light tan called Orewood, in 15 sizes running from 36 to 52.5 in EU terms, or M4/W5 to M18/W19 in the US.

The Hyperslide launches September 29 for $249 through Nike and Hyperice’s websites.

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NEOPAY Wants To Follow Merchants Across Channels And Borders

A controlling 65% stake in noon payments would give NEOPAY access to marketplace sellers, online merchants and the payment flows they generate.

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1 day ago

October 5, 2026

Nour Nasir

neopay wants to follow merchants across channels and borders

It’s been a long time since checkouts were single defined places. A merchant might take payments at a physical register, on its own website and through an online marketplace, sometimes in more than one country. NEOPAY wants to follow those transactions wherever they happen.

The UAE payments company has entered into an agreement to acquire a 65% controlling stake in noon payments. NEOPAY already runs the acquiring infrastructure that lets merchants accept card payments, along with omnichannel acceptance and a merchant services platform. This new deal would add noon payments’ embedded payments platform, e-commerce gateway and merchant network across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. That would considerably expand both NEOPAY’s digital commerce capabilities and its regional reach.

For merchants, the attraction is a single provider for online and in-store payments, plus faster settlements, data and analytics, and value-added financial services.

“Payments should be simple, reliable, and built for the markets they serve,” said Faraz Khalid, CEO of noon. His counterpart at NEOPAY, Vibhor Mundhada, added: “We have built a strong payments business in the UAE, and our ambition is now to take that capability across the region”. The acquisition, Mundhada added, would “expand our footprint into Saudi Arabia and Egypt” while reinforcing NEOPAY’s position at home.

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NEOPAY is also keen to point out potential payment volume increases. The company says noon payments’ integrations with marketplace sellers and online merchants create high transaction density in some of the region’s fastest-growing digital commerce segments. It also believes control of the business would give it access to those merchant relationships and payment flows, and speed up the rollout of alternative payment methods and installment options.

The combined roadmap targets faster merchant onboarding, better payment performance, tighter fraud controls and embedded financial services. The deal could also strengthen cross-border payments and settlement along key regional commerce corridors.