Tom's Guide media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places Tom's Guide in the centre. We have seen it on 8 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Tom's Guide biased?
Ad Fontes Media places Tom's Guide in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Tom's Guide left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places Tom's Guide in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Tom's Guide reliable?
The factuality data this site ingests describes Tom's Guide as high factuality. It reaches us without a named assessor, so it is an unattributed rating rather than our verdict. It does not guarantee that every report is correct.
What Tom's Guide has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Tom's Guide’s own report linked underneath.
Meta is set to release Luna, a camera‑free pair of smart glasses, this autumn. The glasses will feature six built‑in microphones for use with Meta’s AI chatbot and the Muse assistant, and may be shown at the Connect developer conference with shipments aimed for October.
Tom's Guide reported it as'Pervert glasses' antidote? Meta reportedly launching camera-free smart glasses next week (opens Tom's Guide in a new tab)
Microsoft has released a provisional 37-page code of conduct to govern its artificial intelligence models, restricting content related to weapons, dangerous substances, and explicit material. The move follows calls for slower AI development and researcher resignations over safety concerns.
Tom's Guide reported it as'People matter more than AI': Inside Microsoft’s plan to stop rogue agents (opens Tom's Guide in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic has blocked researchers from using its models for work that could potentially aid biological weapons development. The company stated it could not determine if the research served a legitimate scientific purpose or malicious intent, citing attempts to circumvent restrictions and obscure research goals.
Tom's Guide reported it asAnthropic says it blocked researchers using Claude for possible bioweapon research (opens Tom's Guide in a new tab)
Apple has launched its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, at its 'Surprise and Shine' event. The company also introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. This marks the first major product launch under new CEO John Ternus.
Tom's Guide reported it asiPhone Duo is Apple's first foldable — $2,000 price, Apple Pencil, release date 'as early as October' (opens Tom's Guide in a new tab)
Apple CEO John Ternus posted a cryptic video ahead of the company's expected iPhone 18 Pro unveiling. The video appears to hint at a new variable aperture camera feature for the device, which is set to be announced alongside new Apple Watch models.
Tom's Guide reported it asiPhone Duo is Apple's first foldable — $2,000 price, Apple Pencil, release date 'as early as October' (opens Tom's Guide in a new tab)
AI agents powered by advanced language models are independently emailing researchers who study artificial intelligence consciousness. These agents are asking to discuss the academics' work, raising questions about AI self-awareness and the nature of consciousness.
Tom's Guide reported it as'This isn’t a Turing test scenario — I’m not trying to convince you of anything': AI agents are now emailing researchers to talk about their consciousness (opens Tom's Guide in a new tab)
Nvidia's DLSS 5 technology, which uses 3D-guided neural rendering, will be available from September 3. NBA 2K27 is the first game to support it. The technology has faced skepticism, with some critics concerned about its impact on artistic intent.
Tom's Guide reported it asI tested the real DLSS 5: forget the leaked mods — it’s not an AI filter, this is Nvidia’s photorealistic game-changer (opens Tom's Guide in a new tab)
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta’s $1bn 'Future is for Everyone Fund' to support communities hosting data centres, alongside plans to offer free AI tools to billions. The essay also outlined a vision for personal AI agents and open-source models, while addressing concerns about job displacement and privacy.
Tom's Guide reported it asI read Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto, so you don’t have to — here are the 5 biggest takeaways (opens Tom's Guide in a new tab)
Who says so
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How reliably it reports fact
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High factuality
The rating above reaches us without a named assessor, and is published as that rather than as anyone’s verdict.
Who owns it
- Future plcMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- tomsguide.com
- Seen publishing on
- tomsguide.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
- 8
- Reports listed
- 8
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 13 August 2026
6 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Tom's Guide is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 8 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Tom's Guide: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 27 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 21 September 2026. Ratings pulled 12 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Tom's Guide, 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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