(Test Post) Sales of inefficient vacuum cleaners banned

September 5, 2017   |   Author: Disc Depot   |   No comments   |   Categories: Electronics • Other   |   Tags: • • •

Sales of vacuum cleaners producing more noise and heat than suction are restricted under EU rules from today.

Vacuum cleaners using more than 900 watts and emitting more than 80 decibels will be banned when stocks run out.
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(Test Post) Bitcoin peaks above $5,000 for first time

September 5, 2017   |   Author: Disc Depot   |   No comments   |   Categories: Computers • Other   |   Tags: • •

Bitcoin has crossed the $5,000 (£3,862) threshold for the first time.

The virtual currency peaked at $5,103.91 in the early hours of Saturday, according to CoinDesk’s price index.

The record high helped push the total value of publicly traded crypto-currencies – including Ethereum and the Bitcoin-offshoot Bitcoin Cash – to more than $176bn.
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