Microsoft’s Build conference is the latest coronavirus cancellation

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  • Microsoft's Build developer conference has been canceled amid coronavirus fears.
  • Microsoft says that a "digital event" will take the place of the in-person event this year.
  • Microsoft is one of many technology companies and groups to cancel a conference in 2020.
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At this point, it's safe to assume that any mass gathering in the United States planned for the first half of 2020 will be postponed, canceled, or modified in light of the coronavirus outbreak. Mobile World Congress, the Game Developers Conference, E3, Coachella, and even the men's and women's NCAA college basketball tournaments have all been casualties of the growing concern, and now Microsoft's biggest annual event has been affected too.

Microsoft announced late this Thursday that its annual Build developer conference has been canceled on account of the pandemic that has gripped the US and the world. The event was initially scheduled to take place from May 19th - May 21st in Seattle, Washington, but Microsoft says that it will shift Build to a "digital event" instead.

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