Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021.

I'm Brian McCullough today.

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So are we still doing CES amid COVID-19 concerns meta, Amazon, Ring and Twitter have all officially cancelled their in-person's CES plans, while T-Mobile

and AMD, among others, plan a limited presence, and others are saying they are monitoring conditions right now and will still reserve the right to possibly pull out

quoting Bloomberg the Consumer Electronics Show put on by the Consumer Technology Association is still scheduled to get

underway in early January, but efforts to return to normal after an online-only event this year

have been hindered by the raging Amacron variant. Other companies had already been planning

primarily digital showcases. In video, for example, said it was, quote, cautious from the start and

that its press conference is virtual only.

Amd said it is attending but only with a limited presence.

Samsung, a key partner at CES said Tuesday.

It was quote, closely monitoring the current health situation

and planning to take appropriate measures its next steps could include quote a smaller delegation on

site and the strengthening of online experiences the company said.

Several technology focused publications including The Verge in Gadget, Tech Crunch and CNET

said that they are not sending reporters to Las Vegas to cover the conference.

The CTA though has no plans to sending reporters to Las Vegas to cover the conference.

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