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Elon Musk has lost his trillionaire status after shares in both SpaceX and Tesla took a notable hit. It wasn't long ago that Musk became the first person to cross that threshold, making the reversal a striking reminder of just how quickly paper wealth tied to volatile assets can evaporate.
Shifting to the gaming aisle, Amazon's Prime Day is offering the original Nintendo Switch at its lowest price ever, coming in at just under two hundred pounds in the UK. But gaming editors are urging consumers to pause before grabbing that deal, arguing the Switch two, despite costing nearly double, delivers enough of a generational leap to be worth the extra investment.
And for anyone heading back to school or kitting out a home office, Currys is emerging as a surprisingly strong destination for budget laptops this season. Deals from Asus, HP, and Lenovo are drawing attention, with one Asus Vivobook OLED model dropping from nearly a thousand pounds to just under six hundred, though reviewers are flagging at least one model in the sale as one to skip entirely.
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