Microsoft Corp indicated that it will not participate in person at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas, joining a list of companies opting not to have a physical presence at next month’s event on concerns over the rapid spread of the Omnicorn COVID-19 variant.
The U.S. software giant added that it will continue to participate at CES remotely.
Several other companies including U.S. automaker General Motors Co (GM.N), Alphabet Inc.’s Google and its self-driving auto-technology company Waymo, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. Twitter Inc Lenovo Group , AT&T Inc and Amazon.com Inc dropped in-person attendance plans earlier this week.
CES event will still be held in person Jan. 5-8 with “strong safety measures in place,” which include vaccination requirements, masking and availability of COVID-19 tests.
