Apple reshuffles internal programs and product roadmaps all the time.

Just because a program with an internal codename gets terminated doesn't mean there aren't a bunch of other initiatives in related spaces going on.

And the work on the core technologies certainly doesn't end.

There's no product until there are boxes piling up in warehouses, getting ready to be shipped.

If only we could stop giving attention to these "news", which are really just propped up narratives for investors to nudge the market in their favor, and for Mark Gurman to get a paycheck.