CES 2021: Coronavirus crisis leads to big tech event going virtual
Hundreds of smaller, startup tech firms will still use the multiday event, which runs through Thursday, to unveil projects and plans to pique the interest of consumers, as well as investors. But these face-to-face meetings will take place in cyberspace instead. Speakers such as Walmart CEO Doug McMillon and GM CEO Mary Barra will address more than 150,000 attendees remotely, with some speeches and panel discussions broadcast from a video production studio on Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, campus. Coronavirus compromises Even before last spring at the Consumer Technology Association, the t...
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