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.

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.