Major tech firms to be off CES 2022 amid Omicron fear

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.