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"The project was reported to have ceased late last year but rumors that it remained active persisted."

so that's probably never going to be 'terminated'

rumors != fact

I attended a talk by Jack Poulson (quit Google over Dragonfly and how it was handled) over the last weekend and he suggested that based on Google's reaction, it has definitely been simply shelved until the resistance and media attention dies down.

The whole thing was carried out in secret to begin with and Sundar Pichai has been completely silent on how it jives with it's own ethical standards.

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