Amazon has shut down a four-year-old secret program working on a fertility monitoring device and accompanying smartphone app, CNBC reported. The project,

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Amazon has discontinued a secret fertility-tracking project, codenamed 'Encore,' which had been in development for four years. The project stemmed from Amazon's acquisition of bluDiagnostics in 2020 and involved a device to monitor fertility hormones from saliva samples. Technical challenges and cost-cutting measures under CEO Andy Jassy led to the project's cancellation, alongside other experimental ventures and significant layoffs.

Amazon scraps secret fertility-tracking project