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AnandTech's 27-year archive has vanished, but someone uploaded a 74 GB backup (www.techspot.com)

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After AnandTech shut down, it was understood that the site's publisher would keep its valuable archives online indefinitely. Now, it turns out that for Future PLC, "indefinitely" only meant a little over 11 months. Anyone concerned about preserving the site should consider backing up alternative archives as soon as possible.

Readers recently discovered that navigating to AnandTech.com now automatically redirects to the site's forums, with articles no longer accessible. Although other sources have preserved the content, the removal of the main site marks a definitive end to a valuable early pillar of tech journalism online.

(Leaning towards meta news, but thought it was valuable)

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[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 points 8 hours ago

Sad times.

[-] CucumberFetish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 17 hours ago

I'd appreciate it if someone turned it into a torrent

this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2025

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