Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
Reuters reported Tuesday December 21, 2022 that Amazon Inc., Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., Twitter Inc. and Pinterest Inc will not physically be sending any people to #CES2022 which kicks off in Las Vegas January 3, 2022 as concerns across the United States seem to grow about the Omicron variant.
Amazon and its smart-home unit Ring told Bloomberg News that they would not be onsite at next month’s event due to, we quote “the quickly shifting situation and uncertainty around the Omicron variant of coronavirus”.
In a further blow to the show organisers, U.S. wireless carrier and conference sponsor T-Mobile also said that the vast majority of its contingent would no longer be going and its chief executive Mike Sievert would not deliver a keynote speech.
At this current time however exhibitors are sticking with the show, General Motors Co., Qualcomm Inc, Sony Electronics and Alphabet Inc’s Google and self-driving vehicle unit Waymo have all said that they are sticking with plans to attend and show off new hardware or host meetings.
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