Due to the coronavirus epidemic, Google has canceled I / O, the series of meetings and conferences that it organizes every spring in Mountain View (California) to illustrate the latest news related to its search engine, to the Android operating system for smartphones and other products. I / O should have been held between 12 and 14 May, but was canceled: “Due to concerns about the coronavirus, and in accordance with the health indications of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Organization World Health and other health authorities “.
A #GoogleIO update.
Due to concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19), we've decided to cancel this year's physical event at Shoreline Amphitheater. It's sad that we won't be able to gather as a developer community but your health and safety is our priority. (1/2)
– Google Developers (@googledevs) March 3, 2020
Things to know about the coronavirus The Coronavirus Post newsletter updates you on the latest news: it's free and arrives every Thursday at 6pm. To receive it, write your email address here and press the button below. Having read the information, I agree to send the Newsletter The cancellation affects one of the largest and most important annual events in the entire technology sector and follows the cancellation of other events in the United States, such as Facebook's F8 and the Game Developer Conference dedicated to video games. In February, the risk of coronavirus contagion led to the cancellation of the Mobile World Congress, which is instead held in Europe in Barcelona.
In the United States, 126 positive cases and 9 deaths from the coronavirus have been recorded so far. The government has received several criticisms from experts for underestimating the problem for too long, with US President Donald Trump downplaying the extent and likely consequences of the epidemic on multiple occasions.