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Radio 5 Live,04 Aug 2026,53 mins

Available for 29 days

As Xbox becomes the latest console maker to raise prices, we hear from the creator of the original Xbox console about why rising chip costs are hitting consumers now. Elsewhere, Amazon hits the three trillion dollar mark, and HSBC is the latest to report earnings after a bumper run of bank profits. And we hear from the inventor of the Hugo Spritz about how the drink has become a viral sensation - and why we're all making it wrong.

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