Major tech firms to be off CES 2022 amid Omicron fear
The world’s biggest consumer electronics show ‘CES 2022’ appears to be falling apart as some of the major tech companies like Amazon, Meta, Twitter, Pinterest and T-Mobile have announced not to attend the event in-person, owing to the fast spread of the Omicron variant across the globe.
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San Francisco: The world's biggest consumer electronics show 'CES 2022' appears to be falling apart as some of the major tech companies like Amazon, Meta, Twitter, Pinterest and T-Mobile have announced not to attend the event in-person, owing to the fast spread of the Omicron variant across the globe. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert, one of the CES 2022's featured speakers, has announced that his company won't be attending the world's largest electronics show next month.
"T-Mobile will continue to serve as a CES sponsor and title sponsor of the DRL Championship Race but the vast majority of our team will not be travelling to Las Vegas," the company said in a statement. "Additionally, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert will no longer be offering a keynote in-person or virtually."
Amazon has also decided not to attend the show in-person, reports The Verge. T-Mobile, Meta, Twitter, Pinterest, and iHeartRadio have all announced they won't attend the annual Las Vegas expo as Covid cases surge in the US.
