This is really tragic. I understand the pressures that Anandtech is under, and of course they've just been doing it for so long that I have to think Ryan and team are burnt out, but what a bummer! AFAIK Anandtech is unique at least in the English-language internet. It's going to leave a huge hole.

I'm glad the forums continue and hope they thrive. Those forums are where I started my tech support journey 20+ years ago. It'll be interesting to see if Toms can fill in some of the more in-depth, technical and objective reporting.