I raced in Mario Kart VR and now I&m terrified of Bowser

I’ve been with Mario Kart from the start. I’ve raced the Rainbow Road on the SNES, I’ve picked up the gold in the Mushroom Cup on the GameBoy Advance, I even tag-teamed my way through the curio that was Double Dash for the Gamecube. But there’s nothing quite like Mario Kart VR.

As a Mario Kart veteran fan that’s seen the series evolve from its 1

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Intel Skylake-X release date, news and features

Over the last couple years, competition in the CPU market has skyrocketed – reigniting the spirit of competition that has been missing for a long time. Enter Skylake-X, Intel’s answer to AMD’s massively successful Ryzen and Threadripper CPUs. 

First, a bit of backstory. Back in 2017, AMD revealed its Ryzen line of CPUs and caught Intel completely

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First look: Sony Master Series

Sony’s goal was to create TVs that replicate the images exactly as the creators would like their content to look – creating what Sony calls “Kando” for the viewer. Kando is, obviously, a Japanese word which loosely translates to having an emotional response in English; something that satisfies and more.

It's with that goal in mind that Sony

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Strava Summit replaces Premium: here's what you need to know.

If you're a heavy runner or cyclist, you're probably going to at least be aware of Strava. You're also probably going to be aware that there's a premium tier, called (cleverly) Strava Premium. Well, actually, not any more

It's been renamed as Strava Summit, and the short way to describe it is a chopped-up version of Premium. instead of

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VizioWatchFree is a streaming service aimed squarely at cord cuttersVizio’s WatchFree is a streaming service aimed squarely at cord cutters

For a TV manufacturer, Vizio is always coming up with good ways to cut cable out of the equation – SmartCast, Vizio's latest smart platform, is built around the premise of using your phone or tablet to Cast content to the big screen. 

To continue that trend of sticking it to the cable providers, today Vizio announced a new pack-in feature called

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