Google quietly discontinues the Chromebook Pixel 2 without replacing it

Swirling rumors about a Google Pixel refresh just received a possible shot in the arm.
Google recently listed the $1,300 Chromebook Pixel 2 as out of stock on the Google Store, and other retailers appear to be discontinuing the laptop as well. The end of the $1,300 Chromebook Pixel 2 comes four months after Google discontinued the $1,000 version in April.
Google told Venture Beat, which first noticed the end of the Chromebook Pixel 2, that the expensive Chrome OS laptop was disco