GM, Google, Meta and so on additionally not in attendance Microsoft amongst cos to cancel in-person presence at CES

Microsoft Corp mentioned on Friday it is not going to take part in individual on the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas, becoming a member of a listing of firms opting to not have a bodily presence at subsequent month’s occasion on considerations over the speedy unfold of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.
The US software program big added that it’s going to proceed to take part at CES remotely, in accordance with an emailed assertion. The Verge was the primary to report on Friday that Microsoft is not going to take part bodily AT CES.

Several different firms together with US automaker General Motors Co, Alphabet Inc.’s Google and its self-driving auto-technology firm Waymo, Facebook guardian Meta Platforms Inc, Twitter Inc, Lenovo Group, AT&T Inc and Amazon.com Inc dropped in-person attendance plans earlier this week.
CES officers on Thursday mentioned the occasion will nonetheless be held in individual January 5-8 with “strong safety measures in place,” which embody vaccination necessities, masking and availability of Covid-19 exams. REUTERS