Facebook just canceled its F8 developer conference because of coronavirus

Facebook today announced the cancellation of its annual F8 developer conference due to fears over the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The annual conference was scheduled to take place in San Jose, California on May 5-6. Facebook announced the cancellation in a blog post Thursday morning. The company’s platform partnerships director, Konstantinos Papamiltiadis, wrote: This was a tough call to make — F8 is an incredibly important event for Facebook and it’s one of our favorite