Now I know what a tiny 1000-ppi 4K display looks like and other top stories.

• Now I know what a tiny 1000-ppi 4K display looks like

  

  At this year's CEATEC, Sharp is showing off a bunch of hot new displays that might actually have some practical use. If you thought the pixel density wars ended once we reached the point where the naked eye can no longer tell the difference between ever-sharper smartphone screens, VR may make you think again — the technology involves you placing the screen super close to your eyes and focusing on it with special lenses, which is unforgiving even to the sharpest display. That's why Sharp made th..

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• 2nd NBN satellite launched; broadband for regional Australia

  

  Image: Arianespace Australian NBN satellite Sky Muster II has been successfully launched from the French Guiana Space Station in South America. The satellite will play an important role in providing broadband to around 400,000 homes and businesses in regional Australia. “Today’s successful launch of Sky Muster II completes the final chapter in delivering our world-leading satellite broadband service,” said NBN CEO Bill Morrow. The satellite will soon boost the data capacity of NBN’s first..

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• Facebook and Oculus are building a standalone VR headset

  

  Facebook and Oculus VR are working on a standalone Oculus Rift that will offer positional tracking, bridging the gap between high-end and mobile virtual reality.The Oculus Rift is great, but expensive when you consider the PC needed to run it; GearVR and other mobile headsets are more affordable, but the experiences aren't as rich. The answer is a headset that sits between the two, offering positional tracking without the wires, according to Facebook and Oculus.Mark Zuckerberg teased the new cat..

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• You can now pay Tinder to skip the line and improve your chances of finding a match

  

  Tinder CEO Sean Rad. Noam Galai/Getty Images for TechCrunch Getting seen on Tinder is one of the app's greatest challenges. With millions of users around the world, chances are a large number of potential matches in your area never even come across your carefully thought out profile. That's all about to change. Now Tinder is allowing people in the UK to pay to promote their profile through a new feature called "Tinder Boost." So what does that actually mean? W..

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