The COVID-19 virus has been disrupting many industries around the world leading to a worldwide stock market crash and drop in fuel price.

It has even hit the tech industry with a number of tech companies affected including Apple which saw a whopping 60 percent drop in its phone sales in China.

Here are some tech events that have been canceled due to the COVID-19 virus.

E3 2020.

E3 2020 has reportedly been cancelled.

E3 was set to happen in early June, but just this week, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced that said the gaming expo would be canceled in light of the COVID-19 virus.

With a decline in popularity among hardcore gamers after E3 began focusing more on influencers and movie stars, the cancellation can be considered a huge blow to the gaming expo.

Some gaming journalists believe that this could be the end of the expo as big companies such as Sony and Nintendo are opting for their own events like PSX and Nintendo Direct respectively.

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020.

Mobile World Congress will be a ghost town this year.

MWC is the go-to for companies that are releasing new and innovative technologies for their mobile phones.

Some companies even use the event to show off their new and upcoming phones for the year. But one company after the other started pulling out and the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) decided that it would be best to cancel the event.

This forced phone manufacturers to host their own live stream events online to unveil their latest phones and technologies.

SXSW 2020.

SXSW canceled amid coronavirus concerns.

South by South West (SXSW) is the primer event for tech, music, film meetups. It's the first time in 34 years that the event had to be canceled.

SXSW was scheduled to take place from March 13 to March 22 but the Mayor of Austin - where the event was supposed to be held - said that SXSW would be canceled due to vendor pullouts and for the safety of high-profile figures that would be present during the event.

SXSW released a statement explaining that they would try moving to an online-exclusive event for 2020.

Facebook F8.

Facebook annually holds a conference to showcase their latest technologies and innovations coming to their businesses and apps, which comprises of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.

However, Facebook said that the company would still organize some sort of event for budding students who regularly attend its conference.

F8 was supposed to be held on May 5 May 6. However, Facebook did state that they would still try having some sort of event for budding students who regularly attend its conference.

Google I/O.

Google cancels annual I/O developer conference due to coronavirus fears.

Google's annual developer conference is a time when the tech giant shows off the latest features coming to its software range such as Android and Google Assistant.

However, the company recently released a statement that said the conference would have to be canceled with accordance to health guidance from the Center for Decease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO).

In the statement, they said that tickets would be refunded and those who registered would automatically be entered for a chance to buy next year's conference tickets.

Over the next few weeks, the company will explore different ways to have some sort of showcase and how they can connect with developers.

It's quite a bummer that many cool tech events had to be canceled because of the virus but we should look on the brighter side of things.

Public gatherings might not be a wise thing to do in this pandemic-filled time but it's nice to see some companies are figuring out other methods of bringing you the latest and greatest in a different way.

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