This sounds to me like an April Fools joke, but the linked article on new new written on 26 March makes it sound like it's not...
They link back from there to a April 1st post, however.
> Additionally, I refer to the post C++ Will no Longer Have Pointers by Fluent C++
Following the trail of references just loops around a half dozen April 1st posts.
With that, and nothing on the drafts [0], that I can see, I'm leaning towards joke.