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Watch TV on the beach

TV addicts rejoice – you could soon watch while soaking up the sun. Last month, UK company Cello Electronics launched the world’s first solar-powered television at the Solar Africa EXPO in Nairobi, Kenya. Aimed at viewers in motor homes and boats – as well as the roughly 1.2 billion people without reliable electricity – the 22-inch LED TV has a battery that is charged by a solar panel and provides 10 hours of running time. That’s plenty of time to be a beach potato.

“In 2003, for the first time since the Second World War, the United Kingdom took part in an opposed invasion”

So begins @ChilcotBot’s tweet- by-tweet posting of the 2.6-million-word report on the Iraq war released on 6 July

Bitcoin taxes

Zug in Switzerland has become the first city in the world to accept the cryptocurrency bitcoin for government services. The pilot scheme, which started on 1 July, will allow citizens to use bitcoin to pay taxes, fines and fees – as long as the amount is less than 200 Swiss francs ($205).