Technology
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, T-Mobile Drop CES Plans Over COVID-19 Concerns
Facebook parent companies Meta, Twitter and Pinterest said on Tuesday that they will not send a team to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month due to growing concerns about Omicron’s coronavirus variants.
T-Mobile, a US wireless operator and conference sponsor, also stated that the vast majority of its personnel will no longer attend, and its CEO will no longer deliver keynote speeches in person or in a virtual manner. Other companies have no plans to hold large face-to-face gatherings at the show.
T-Mobile said: “Although we believe that CES organizers are taking detailed measures to protect the participants on site, we have made this decision to prioritize the safety of our team and other participants,” T-Mobile said. In the past, CES attracted more than 180,000 people to attend a series of casinos and conference spaces from all over the world to Las Vegas as an annual showcase of new trends and gadgets in the technology industry.
The Consumer Technology Association, which operates CES, said on Tuesday that the show will be held from January 5 to January 8. The association stated that health precautions will include vaccination requirements, masks and the availability of COVID-19 tests.
Twitter had planned to let some employees participate in group discussions. Both Twitter and Facebook said they are now exploring virtual opportunities. Even before the cancellation, Pinterest planned to shrink the meeting area for its sales and partner teams in the past few years.
Many companies, including Qualcomm, Sony, Alphabet’s Google, and the self-driving car division Waymo, have stated that they are currently advancing, planning to participate and demonstrate new hardware or hold conferences. General Motors said on Tuesday that CEO Mary Barra still plans to introduce the American automaker’s electric Silverado pickup at the January 5 meeting and personally discuss the company’s strategy.
Other companies have long planned for virtual presentations, including chip maker Nvidia, where two executives from the company gave keynote speeches via video.
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Hollywood
Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025
Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.
Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)
Tom signs Nolan’s next
This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.
Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).
Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.
Tom’s busy schedule
Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.
As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.
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