The popular four-day conference is still scheduled to start on January 5, with the press getting early access two days beforehand.
The Las Vegas-based Consumer Electronics Show , seen here in 2020, plans to make its grand return to in-person attendance in January 2022, but the omicron variant threatens its viabilityLAS VEGAS - Multiple major companies have announced they will cancel or limit their attendance at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show -- the tech industry's annual mass-gathering in Las Vegas - due to COVID-19 variant Omicron's rapid spread.
Key technology trade publications, notably CNET, The Verge, and TechCrunch also announced they will no longer send reporters to cover the event, adding to the growing suspicion that the event will have to be delayed or canceled. Representatives for the auto company General Motors, which had planned to reveal a new electric model of the Chevrolet Silverado, could not immediately be reached to confirm whether their CEO, Mary Barra, still planned to attend CES in person.
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