Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google, Facebook, and Intel have all canceled their plans to attend the CES tech conference in Las Vegas next month, citing a surge in COVID-19 cases. Microsoft said on Friday that it would also not attend the conference in-person, The Verge first reported. Many of these companies will maintain a digital presence at CES. Microsoft is the latest tech company to drop its attendance at the CES tech conference as COVID-19 cases continue to surge across the United States due to the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant. The Verge reported on