Forerunner

Several Garmin Forerunner running watches remain discounted following October Prime Day, according to Lifehacker, which rounded up the lingering deals for shoppers who missed the event. The outlet highlights discounted prices on popular models in the fitness-focused line, suggesting the sales window has not fully closed even though Amazon's promotional period has ended.

A history item is circulating claiming that the Knights Templar issued the first international "travellers' cheques" during the Middle Ages. The medieval military order, which grew wealthy protecting pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land, reportedly allowed travellers to deposit funds in one location and withdraw them in another using letters of credit, a forerunner of modern banking instruments.

Jacobin argues that the online pornography industry pioneered the business model now common across platform capitalism: free content to draw mass audiences, heavy reliance on user uploads, data harvesting, advertising revenue and precarious gig-like labour. The piece suggests mainstream tech platforms later adopted and refined these mechanisms, making the adult industry an overlooked forerunner of today's digital economy.