Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) announced on Friday that it will not attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas in person, joining a growing number of corporations skipping the event because of concerns about the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 version.
According to an emailed statement, the software behemoth will continue to participate in CES remotely. On Friday, The Verge was the first to disclose that Microsoft will not be attending CES in person.
Several other companies, including General Motors Co (GM.N), Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOGL.O) Google and its self-driving auto-technology company Waymo, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O), Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), Lenovo Group (0992. HK), AT&T Inc (T.N), and Amazon.com Inc, have canceled in-person attendance plans.
The event will still be held in person Jan. 5-8, according to CES authorities, with “strong safety measures in place,” such as vaccination requirements, masking, and the availability of COVID-19 tests.
