Ars Technica media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Ars Technica in the centre. We have seen it on 57 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Ars Technica biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Ars Technica in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Ars Technica left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Ars Technica in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Ars Technica reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Ars Technica are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Ars Technica has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Ars Technica’s own report linked underneath.
A nearly two-pound meteorite discovered in Mali in 2022 has been identified as a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars. Named Teghaza 001, it offers new insights into the Red Planet's early history and water cycle.
Ars Technica reported it asRare meteorite from Mars gives us a view into its ancient crust (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
The US Department of Justice has announced indictments against five individuals in a nationwide scheme to defraud federal student aid programs. Investigators allege the use of stolen American identities to enrol 'ghost students' and divert millions in funds, with links to Kenya.
Ars Technica reported it asDOJ exposes “ghost students” using AI to complete courses, steal student loans (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
Ars Technica reported it asHackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record crypto heist (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has declared imports of robots and industrial machinery a national security threat. He has ordered the Commerce Department and USTR to negotiate with trading partners, with a report due in 180 days, but has not imposed immediate tariffs.
Ars Technica reported it asTrump declares robot imports a national security threat (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
A UN report states that global warming will inevitably surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Current policies project a rise to 2.8 degrees by 2100, but immediate, significant emissions reductions could limit the peak and return temperatures to 1.5C by 2100.
Ars Technica reported it asUN says we're going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a "now what?" answer (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
A United Nations report indicates humanity is heading for a hotter world than previously projected, partly due to increased emissions from the United States. If countries meet their reduction pledges, the Earth will likely warm by 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius).
Ars Technica reported it asUN says we're going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a "now what?" answer (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
Ars Technica reported it asPHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
The Department of Health and Human Services has submitted a policy plan for peptide medications to the Office of Management and Budget for review. The American Academy of Peptide Medicine is listed as the requestor for the policy, which could impact how the FDA regulates certain peptide drugs.
Ars Technica reported it asRFK Jr. proposes FDA look the other way on unproven peptides, report says (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
Starlink and Starshield satellite terminals in Ukraine are now functioning at speeds over 161 km/h, according to a Ministry of Defense source. This development indicates a potential reversal of previous limitations that hampered counter-drone operations and logistics.
Ars Technica reported it asUkraine blindsided by Starlink throttling restrictions and intelligence gaps (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
Apple is enhancing privacy safeguards on macOS, specifically for 'Full Disk Access,' due to concerns about how AI agents are using this permission. The company plans to introduce more explicit user actions required to grant such broad access.
Ars Technica reported it asApple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
St. Lucie County, Florida, discovered 14 Flock cameras operating without permits. While the Sheriff's Office claimed three, 11 cameras remain with no identified owner, raising privacy concerns among residents.
Ars Technica reported it asFlorida cops say they don't know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and other tech leaders privately questioned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about his public warnings on AI at a White House lunch. The exchange occurred after executives agreed to sign a statement of principles on AI safety, which Mark Zuckerberg drafted and Huang helped promote.
Ars Technica reported it asAnthropic’s IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic has filed for an initial public offering on Nasdaq, warning investors about potential catastrophic or existential risks to humanity from advanced AI systems. The company detailed these concerns in its IPO paperwork, dedicating a significant portion to risk factors.
Ars Technica reported it asAnthropic’s IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its first orbital test flight on Monday. The mission aims to deploy satellites and test systems critical for future NASA moon missions, with a planned splashdown off the coast of Chile.
Ars Technica reported it asSpaceX's Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
Dr. Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, is scheduled for a Senate confirmation hearing. Lawmakers are expected to focus on her positions regarding vaccines and the abortion pill mifepristone.
Ars Technica reported it asCan Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say. (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
The US government has formally asked to join Elon Musk's legal fight against a €120 million fine imposed by the European Union on his platform X. Washington claims EU regulators exceeded their authority by fining an American company not operating within the bloc's jurisdiction.
Ars Technica reported it asTrump administration takes Musk’s side in fight over EU tech rules (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
Donald Trump has suggested renaming artificial intelligence, stating the current term is inaccurate and ineloquent. He launched a poll on his social media platform, offering 'Superior Intelligence,' 'Extreme Intelligence,' and 'Supreme Intelligence' as alternatives.
Ars Technica reported it asTrump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
Donald Trump is reportedly seeking to exert greater control over US health research funding. The White House is considering an external commission to validate grants, a move seen as part of a broader crackdown on 'woke' programs.
Ars Technica reported it asRussel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
Paramount has settled lawsuits brought by state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America concerning its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlements pave the way for the $81 billion deal to proceed, pending final court approval.
Ars Technica reported it asCalifornia settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
The Federal Register website used Alibaba's Qwen AI model for a search tool that allowed users to find proposed regulations. The FBI accused Alibaba of "malicious" copying of Anthropic's technology, leading to the tool's removal.
Ars Technica reported it asUS government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious" (opens Ars Technica in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Condé Nastunknowndirect owner
- Advance PublicationsMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
- Official site
- arstechnica.com
- Seen publishing on
- arstechnica.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 57
- Reports listed
- 58
- We could read
- 10
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
48 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 10 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Ars Technica is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 57 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Ars Technica: its report arrived a median of 25 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Ars Technica, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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