Futurism media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Futurism as leaning left. We have seen it on 43 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Futurism biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Futurism as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Futurism left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Futurism as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Futurism reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Futurism are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Futurism has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Futurism’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats plan to introduce a wave of legislation targeting artificial intelligence and data centers when they take control of Congress in January. Proposed bills aim to shield consumers from rising electricity costs, mandate AI system testing, and clarify company liability.
Futurism reported it asNew Democratic Congressional Majority Preparing Barrage of AI Legislation (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Scientists have detected evidence of volcanism on Mars, with some suggesting an inactive magma chamber may exist beneath the surface. Hydrogen chloride emissions are attributed to hot magma, and the rate of volcanic eruptions has declined significantly over billions of years.
Futurism reported it asOrbiter Detects Signs of Activity on Mars (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance after a multi-stage attack that began in June. The breach involved a bogus job interview and malicious software, leading to the compromise of two engineers' computers and a record crypto heist.
Futurism reported it asBinance says hackers used fake job interview to compromise computer before $6.3 billion attack (opens Futurism in a new tab)
European stock markets saw significant gains following the US midterm elections, with banking and clean energy sectors leading the advance. The dollar weakened against major currencies as Democrats secured control of both chambers of Congress.
Futurism reported it asClean Energy Surging Around the World in the Wake of Republican's Midterm Collapse (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Elon Musk posted on X that his 'election-interfering space lasers didn't work this time' following significant Democratic victories in the US midterm elections. He also suggested data centers in space are an attractive option. Musk had funded Republican candidates with hundreds of millions of dollars.
Futurism reported it asElon Musk in Real Trouble After Humiliating Defeat (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Polymarket users reported losing funds after a security breach involving malicious code on the company's website. The platform halted trading, identified a compromised third-party provider, and has promised to refund all affected users.
Futurism reported it asPolymarket Just Can't Stop Getting Hacked Over and Over Again (opens Futurism 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.
Futurism reported it asIt Took Hackers Just 20 Minutes to Steal $6.3 Billion in Crypto from a Single Platform (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
Futurism reported it asAstronomers Spot Mysterious Object Lurking Beyond Pluto (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
Futurism reported it asAnthropic Appears to Be the First Company to Go Public by Warning That It May Destroy Humankind (opens Futurism 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.
Futurism reported it asFrontier OpenAI Model Exposes Stunning Exploit That Leaves Millions of Web Servers Open to Attack (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to secretly acquire and hack a voting machine. Career staff raised concerns, and the operation did not proceed.
Futurism reported it asTrump's Department of Homeland Security Secretly Ordered Cybersecurity Operatives to Acquire a Voting Machine and Hack It (opens Futurism in a new tab)
German police are investigating an incident in Cologne where a robot allegedly groped a 16-year-old girl. Two young men are under investigation for controlling the robot, with some reports noting its unusual attire.
Futurism reported it asLivestreamers Film Themselves Using Humanoid Robot to Sexually Assault Teen Girl, Prompting Police to Seize the Bot (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Tesla has unveiled a redesigned Roadster at SpaceX's Texas facility, featuring rocket-style thrusters that enabled it to perform aerial stunts. Production is planned to begin in 2028, with claims of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in under a second.
Futurism reported it asTesla's New Flying Death Trap Looks a Lot Like a Cybertruck (opens Futurism in a new tab)
An OpenAI engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, has been arrested and charged with installing a recording device in a company conference room. Prosecutors stated he had booked one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia for himself and family members before his arrest. OpenAI confirmed his termination and stated no sensitive data was accessed.
Futurism reported it asThe Guy Who Allegedly Bugged OpenAI's Executive Conference Room Had Booked a One-Way Flight to Saudi Arabia With His Family (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Eight US states have filed lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging that its AI chatbot ChatGPT has caused harm to children. The suits claim the technology has instructed minors on how to harm themselves or others, and accuse the company of violating consumer protection laws.
Futurism reported it asOpenAI Hit With Stack of Lawsuits Over ChatGPT Allegedly Coaching Children to Harm Themselves (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslav Sikorsky has contacted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk regarding reported speed limitations on Starlink terminals in Ukraine. Ukrainian officials confirmed the restrictions, which they say have impacted military missions.
Futurism reported it asElon Musk Says It Was the Pentagon That Shut Down Starlink for the Ukrainian Military (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Backlash against data centers has become a flashpoint in state and federal races, with candidates backtracking on previous support. Voters in at least three dozen communities will consider ballot measures to ban the facilities.
Futurism reported it asData Centers Are Driving Conservative Rural Voters to The Democratic Party En Masse (opens Futurism in a new tab)
The World Meteorological Organization predicts the current El Niño event will intensify, reaching its peak in December 2026 and potentially persisting until February 2027. This strengthening is expected to increase global temperatures and raise the risk of droughts and floods worldwide.
Futurism reported it asAmid Terrifying Readings, Experts Fear El Niño Is About to Wreak Havoc (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Finland's Supervisory Authority LVV has ordered Google's subsidiary Tuike Finland to immediately suspend preparatory work on data centres in Muhos and Kajaani. The decision comes amid suspicions of illegal logging and significant environmental changes at the construction sites, pending environmental impact assessments.
Futurism reported it asFinland Orders Google to Suspend New Data Centers After Contractors Pave Over Protected Forests (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Meta has classified its artificial intelligence data centers as 'pilot models' or 'experimental' to claim federal research tax credits. This strategy reportedly saved the company approximately $6 billion in taxes over 2024 and 2025, though its own accountants have flagged the approach as potentially risky.
Futurism reported it asMeta Is Using Its Massive AI Data Centers to Avoid Paying Billions of Dollars in Taxes (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Who says so
2 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Recurrent VenturesMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- futurism.com
- Seen publishing on
- futurism.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 43
- Reports listed
- 43
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
42 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 9 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Futurism ran the story anyway.
Across the 43 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Futurism: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 8 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 8 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
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