Jason England
Jason brings a decade of tech and gaming journalism experience to his role as a Managing Editor of Computing at Tom's Guide. He has previously written for Laptop Mag, Tom's Hardware, Kotaku, Stuff and BBC Science Focus. In his spare time, you'll find Jason looking for good dogs to pet or thinking about eating pizza if he isn't already.
Latest articles by Jason England
Qualcomm says Snapdragon X Elite blows away Apple’s M3 chip with 28% faster performance
By Jason England published
Qualcomm’s internal testing suggests that Snapdragon X Elite is set to be 28% faster than Apple M3 — finally toppling Cupertino’s CPU dominance.
Lenovo Legion Go 2 and Asus ROG Ally 2 are coming soon — 5 things I want to see
By Jason England published
Lenovo Legion Go 2 and Asus ROG Ally 2 could both arrive later this year, and its time to fix these 5 big problems with PC gaming handhelds.
Microsoft believes Snapdragon X Elite is about to beat MacBook Air M3
By Jason England last updated
Microsoft is very confident that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chip can beat Apple’s M3 MacBook Air. Here’s what we know from leaked internal documents.
The 2nd generation Backbone One fixes my biggest gripe — perfectly timed for Apple’s shock retro game emulator move
By Jason England published
The new Backbone One is a clumsy person’s dream come true, which aligns perfectly with the wave of retro game emulators coming to iPhone.
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection is a hot mess, but I can’t stop playing it — here’s why
By Jason England published
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection is broken, but if you play it in this one specific way, you can relive that nostalgia.
I traveled 5,372 miles to Costa Rica — here are 5 gadgets I couldn't live without
By Jason England published
I'm a regular traveler, and I swear by these 5 gadgets to make every vacation so much better.
Forget Meteor Lake — Samsung just leaked Intel’s next-gen Lunar Lake CPU
By Jason England published
Intel's next gen Lunar Lake Core Ultra CPU has just been leaked in Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro benchmarks, and it comes with a new Arc Battlemage iGPU to boot.
I streamed 500 miles of sim racing with Elgato Facecam MK.2 — here’s why it’s (nearly) the perfect webcam
By Jason England published
And I would stream 500 more…
Google Chrome is coming native to Snapdragon X Elite laptops — should Intel and AMD be nervous?
By Jason England published
Google Chrome officially has a Windows Arm version for Snapdragon X Elite laptops. AMD and Intel are probably sweating right now.
Samsung Galaxy Book 4 360 is the Windows MacBook Air I always wanted — here’s why
By Jason England published
Not yet ratedThe Samsung Galaxy Book 4 360 improves key elements of its convertible formula to make this a true adversary to the 15-inch MacBook Air.
Update Chrome now — Google just dropped 2 huge features to keep your browsing safe
By Jason England published
Google Chrome’s latest update brings real-time protection from malicious websites and an important upgrade to checking passwords.
I used Plugable’s cheapest Thunderbolt 4 dock and it transformed my workspace — here’s how
By Jason England last updated
Plugable’s TBT4-UD5 lands in that sweet spot of Thunderbolt 4 docking stations — offering a ton of I/O in a slim design at an impressively affordable price.
Lenovo Legion Tab: the iPad mini for gamers is coming soon, but I have one big concern
By Jason England published
The Lenovo Legion Tab has been enjoyed by Chinese and Japanese players for a while now, but this gaming competition to the iPad mini is officially confirmed to be heading to wider markets soon.
Will Microsoft Surface Pro 10 be the first Snapdragon X Elite machine? I think so after talking to Qualcomm
By Jason England published
In an exclusive interview with Qualcomm CMO Dom McGuire, he gave a pretty strong hint we could see Snapdragon X Elite come to the Surface Pro 10.
Tom's Guide asks: Are gaming laptops still worth it in 2024?
By Alex Wawro published
As price tags climb ever higher, we wonder: are gaming laptops still worth it?
What the heck is an AI PC? I spoke to Intel, AMD and Qualcomm to find out
By Jason England published
Everybody is talking about the "AI PC," but what is that exactly? I spoke to the experts at Intel and Qualcomm to find out
Asus Zenbook Duo proves dual-screen laptops are no gimmick — here’s why
By Jason England last updated
The first great dual-screen laptop is here
M3 MacBook Air benchmarks show big gains over M2 — what we know
By Jason England published
New benchmarks show the M3 MacBook Air is significantly more powerful than the M2 Air.
MacBook Air M3 vs M2: Here are the biggest upgrades
By Jason England published
The M3 MacBook Air is here! How does it compare to the M2 MacBook Air? Here are the biggest differences.
Apple March announcements: MacBook Air M3, OLED iPad Pro and more
By Jason England last updated
Signs are looking good for a Spring Apple event this year — specifically in March — where we should see a new iPad Pro OLED, iPad Air and MacBook Air M3.
Apple set to announce new iPads and M3 MacBook Air this week — what we know
By Jason England published
According to Mark Gurman, Apple is set to launch new iPads and an M3 MacBook Air this week online — no event needed!
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 confirmed for October — here’s how Qualcomm will fight iPhone 16
By Jason England published
Qualcomm CMO Don McGuire just revealed that we will see the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 launch in October at the Snapdragon Summit.
Color me nervous-excited about the delayed Humane AI Pin - here’s why
By Jason England published
The Humane AI Pin is a big part of the first wave of personal AI devices. But does this smartphone replacement miss the point of why people use phones nowadays?
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