Organizers of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) have announced today that it will conclude the tech conference a day early due to the surge of COVID-19 cases.

Originally slated to conclude on January 8, the event will now run from January 5 through January 7.

"The step was taken as an additional safety measure to the current health protocols that have been put in place for CES," the recent press release on CES' website notes.

Please note we will be closing CES 2022 one day early. Read below. https://t.co/gflyNYOCf3

— Karen Chupka (@KarenChupka) December 31, 2021

The announcement comes as no surprise due to the rise of COVID-19 cases and it follows the news that many large tech companies - including AMD, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, and Meta (formerly Facebook) - have decided to forgo a physical appearance on the show floor entirely.

Those that plan to still attend CES 2022 next week will be required to be fully vaccinated with proof of vaccination status, as noted on the CES 2022 health protocols page.

Organizers of the event will also require masks to be worn indoors and while using any transportation services run by CES. Organizers will also have onsite COVID-19 testing and, while it is not required, they are recommending that attendees to take a test prior to attending the event.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Organizers of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) have announced today that it will conclude the tech conference a day early due to the surge of COVID-19 cases.

Originally slated to conclude on January 8, the event will now run from January 5 through January 7.

"The step was taken as an additional safety measure to the current health protocols that have been put in place for CES," the recent press release on CES' website notes.

Please note we will be closing CES 2022 one day early. Read below. https://t.co/gflyNYOCf3

— Karen Chupka (@KarenChupka) December 31, 2021

The announcement comes as no surprise due to the rise of COVID-19 cases and it follows the news that many large tech companies - including AMD, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, and Meta (formerly Facebook) - have decided to forgo a physical appearance on the show floor entirely.

Those that plan to still attend CES 2022 next week will be required to be fully vaccinated with proof of vaccination status, as noted on the CES 2022 health protocols page.

Organizers of the event will also require masks to be worn indoors and while using any transportation services run by CES. Organizers will also have onsite COVID-19 testing and, while it is not required, they are recommending that attendees to take a test prior to attending the event.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Betty White, the beloved and trailblazing Emmy Award-winning actress of The Golden Girls and so much more, has died at the age of 99.

"Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever," White's agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told Variety in a statement. "I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don't think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again."

White was getting ready to celebrate her 100th birthday on January 17, 2022, and she recently spoke to People about how she was feeling as she approached that milestone.

"I'm so lucky to be in such good health and feel so good at this age," White said. "It's amazing."

White also discussed more about her life and how her "upbeat nature" was due to the fact that she was "born a cockeyed optimist."

"I got it from my mom, and that never changed," White said. "I always find the positive."

As for her diet, which is always on the top of people's minds as they plan out their New Year's resolutions, she laughed and said, "I try to avoid anything green. I think it's working."

White was born on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Ilinois, and was the only child of Christine Tess and Horace Logan White. She and her family moved to California when she was one and she went to school at the Beverly Hills Unified School District until she graduated in 1939.

White, alongside her acting, is known for her love of animals and nature, and that passion for wildlife began during family vacations to the Sierra Nevada. She had initially dreamed of becoming a park ranger, but women were not allowed to have that position at the time, so she instead began a career in writing and then acting.

Her first performance was part of the Bliss Hayden Little Theater and she also had a few radio appearances on such shows as Blondie, This Is Your FBI, and The Great Gildersleeve. In 1945, she made her on-screen debut in the 1945 educational short "Time to Kill," which was created to promote the benefits of the G.I. Bill.

In 1953, White secured her first sitcom job with Life With Elizabeth, and would continue on with other projects, including the daytime talkshow The Betty White Show, A Date With Angels, and a series of gameshows like To Tell the Truth, I've Got a Secret, Match Game, and Password.

Speaking of Password, she had worked with that show's host Alan Ludden and the two became romantically involved in 1962. They would marry a year later and would be happily wed until Ludden passed away from stomach cancer in 1981. While they had no kids together, White was the stepmother to Ludden's three children from a previous marriage.

Ludden wasn't White's first husband, as she first had two brief marriages with Frederick Barker (1945) and Lane Allen (1947-1949) earlier in her life. Allen had wanted her to "stop show business," but that was something she could just not do.

In 1971, she was able to leverage her career in acting and love of animals with the talkshow called The Pet Set. This show was all about celebrities and her pets and would be just one of the many ways over her career that she celebrated wildlife.

White was a friend with Mary Tyler Moore and, while the character of Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show was made with White in mind, the role was initially offered to other actresses. Some thought that her frequent appearances on gameshows caused some to overlook her for traditional acting jobs.

Thankfully, for us and the show's producers, White took on the role and quickly became a favorite and would go on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards as a supporting actress in 1974 and 1975.

After The Mary Tyler Moore Show ended its run, she would take on a variety of roles in other shows until it was time to become Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls.

White was originally considered for the role of Blanche Devereaux while Rue McClanahan was thought to be a fit for Rose, but they would switch characters at the last minute. White and McClanahan had worked together previously on Mama's Family, and the two of them would work with Beatrice Arthur (Dorothy Zbornak) and Estelle Getty (Sophia Petrillo) for seven seasons on the show that would go on to win 11 Emmy Awards, 4 Golden Globe Awards, and so much more. White herself earned two more Emmys during her time as Rose.

The Golden Girls ended in 1992, but White had so much more of her career in front of her. She would star in The Golden Girls spin-off The Golden Palace, Bob Newhart's series Bob, St. Elsewhere, Lake Placid, Ugly Betty, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Bold and the Beautiful, That '70s Show, Saturday Night Live, The Proposal, Hot in Cleveland, and so much more.

Throughout her legendary career, White paved the way - in front and behind the cameras - for other women to rise to stardom. She also made the decision to hire an African American performer by the name of Arthur Duncan for The Betty White Show in 1954, which was a controversial choice for many. She would not be deterred, even when pressured by viewers to remove him from the show, saying, "I'm sorry. Live with it."

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Betty White, the beloved and trailblazing Emmy Award-winning actress of The Golden Girls and so much more, has died at the age of 99.

"Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever," White's agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told Variety in a statement. "I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don't think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again."

White was getting ready to celebrate her 100th birthday on January 17, 2022, and she recently spoke to People about how she was feeling as she approached that milestone.

"I'm so lucky to be in such good health and feel so good at this age," White said. "It's amazing."

White also discussed more about her life and how her "upbeat nature" was due to the fact that she was "born a cockeyed optimist."

"I got it from my mom, and that never changed," White said. "I always find the positive."

As for her diet, which is always on the top of people's minds as they plan out their New Year's resolutions, she laughed and said, "I try to avoid anything green. I think it's working."

White was born on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Ilinois, and was the only child of Christine Tess and Horace Logan White. She and her family moved to California when she was one and she went to school at the Beverly Hills Unified School District until she graduated in 1939.

White, alongside her acting, is known for her love of animals and nature, and that passion for wildlife began during family vacations to the Sierra Nevada. She had initially dreamed of becoming a park ranger, but women were not allowed to have that position at the time, so she instead began a career in writing and then acting.

Her first performance was part of the Bliss Hayden Little Theater and she also had a few radio appearances on such shows as Blondie, This Is Your FBI, and The Great Gildersleeve. In 1945, she made her on-screen debut in the 1945 educational short "Time to Kill," which was created to promote the benefits of the G.I. Bill.

In 1953, White secured her first sitcom job with Life With Elizabeth, and would continue on with other projects, including the daytime talkshow The Betty White Show, A Date With Angels, and a series of gameshows like To Tell the Truth, I've Got a Secret, Match Game, and Password.

Speaking of Password, she had worked with that show's host Alan Ludden and the two became romantically involved in 1962. They would marry a year later and would be happily wed until Ludden passed away from stomach cancer in 1981. While they had no kids together, White was the stepmother to Ludden's three children from a previous marriage.

Ludden wasn't White's first husband, as she first had two brief marriages with Frederick Barker (1945) and Lane Allen (1947-1949) earlier in her life. Allen had wanted her to "stop show business," but that was something she could just not do.

In 1971, she was able to leverage her career in acting and love of animals with the talkshow called The Pet Set. This show was all about celebrities and her pets and would be just one of the many ways over her career that she celebrated wildlife.

White was a friend with Mary Tyler Moore and, while the character of Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show was made with White in mind, the role was initially offered to other actresses. Some thought that her frequent appearances on gameshows caused some to overlook her for traditional acting jobs.

Thankfully, for us and the show's producers, White took on the role and quickly became a favorite and would go on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards as a supporting actress in 1974 and 1975.

After The Mary Tyler Moore Show ended its run, she would take on a variety of roles in other shows until it was time to become Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls.

White was originally considered for the role of Blanche Devereaux while Rue McClanahan was thought to be a fit for Rose, but they would switch characters at the last minute. White and McClanahan had worked together previously on Mama's Family, and the two of them would work with Beatrice Arthur (Dorothy Zbornak) and Estelle Getty (Sophia Petrillo) for seven seasons on the show that would go on to win 11 Emmy Awards, 4 Golden Globe Awards, and so much more. White herself earned two more Emmys during her time as Rose.

The Golden Girls ended in 1992, but White had so much more of her career in front of her. She would star in The Golden Girls spin-off The Golden Palace, Bob Newhart's series Bob, St. Elsewhere, Lake Placid, Ugly Betty, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Bold and the Beautiful, That '70s Show, Saturday Night Live, The Proposal, Hot in Cleveland, and so much more.

Throughout her legendary career, White paved the way - in front and behind the cameras - for other women to rise to stardom. She also made the decision to hire an African American performer by the name of Arthur Duncan for The Betty White Show in 1954, which was a controversial choice for many. She would not be deterred, even when pressured by viewers to remove him from the show, saying, "I'm sorry. Live with it."

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

A team of physicists has reported the accidental discovery of a real-world "warp bubble" whilst observing the structure of Casimir cavities – a small step towards building a potential warp drive.

The Debrief reports that Dr. Harold G. "Sonny" White and his team stumbled upon the existence of a warp bubble whilst conducting DARPA-funded research into Casimir cavities and the energy density present in those structures. White acknowledged the significance of the fluke findings but asserted that it was only a small step forward in regards to actually building a warp drive.

"Our detailed numerical analysis of our custom Casimir cavities helped us identify a real and manufacturable nano/microstructure that is predicted to generate a negative vacuum energy density such that it would manifest a real nanoscale warp bubble, not an analog, but the real thing," White explained in a statement to the publication.

He emphasized that the findings recorded by his Limitless Space Institute (LSI) team centered around "a real, albeit humble and tiny, warp bubble" as opposed to a warp bubble analog, and confirmed that the structure "predicts negative energy density distribution that closely matches requirements for the Alcubierre metric," hence the significance of the observation.

IGN previously referred to the Alcubierre metric and the possibility of warp drives becoming a reality, as Space.com noted that "a concept for a real-life warp drive was suggested in 1994 by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre; however, subsequent calculations found that such a device would require prohibitive amounts of energy."

As mentioned, this isn't the first time that scientists have considered manufacturing a warp drive or warp-capable spacecraft. A previous report suggested that Star Trek's warp drive could really happen, whilst NASA also toyed with the idea of inventing a warp drive — something that would be especially useful in its ongoing search for extra-terrestrial life.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

A team of physicists has reported the accidental discovery of a real-world "warp bubble" whilst observing the structure of Casimir cavities – a small step towards building a potential warp drive.

The Debrief reports that Dr. Harold G. "Sonny" White and his team stumbled upon the existence of a warp bubble whilst conducting DARPA-funded research into Casimir cavities and the energy density present in those structures. White acknowledged the significance of the fluke findings but asserted that it was only a small step forward in regards to actually building a warp drive.

"Our detailed numerical analysis of our custom Casimir cavities helped us identify a real and manufacturable nano/microstructure that is predicted to generate a negative vacuum energy density such that it would manifest a real nanoscale warp bubble, not an analog, but the real thing," White explained in a statement to the publication.

He emphasized that the findings recorded by his Limitless Space Institute (LSI) team centered around "a real, albeit humble and tiny, warp bubble" as opposed to a warp bubble analog, and confirmed that the structure "predicts negative energy density distribution that closely matches requirements for the Alcubierre metric," hence the significance of the observation.

IGN previously referred to the Alcubierre metric and the possibility of warp drives becoming a reality, as Space.com noted that "a concept for a real-life warp drive was suggested in 1994 by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre; however, subsequent calculations found that such a device would require prohibitive amounts of energy."

As mentioned, this isn't the first time that scientists have considered manufacturing a warp drive or warp-capable spacecraft. A previous report suggested that Star Trek's warp drive could really happen, whilst NASA also toyed with the idea of inventing a warp drive — something that would be especially useful in its ongoing search for extra-terrestrial life.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Just in time for the release of the series' fourth season on Netflix, The Cobra Kai Set is now available in Fortnite.

The set adds 10 new outfits, each of which can be altered to represent the dojo of your choosing: Cobra Kai, Eagle Fang, or Miyagi-Do. The five male and five female outfits are available in two separate bundles for 2,000 V-Bucks ($20 USD) each. Alternatively, individual outfits can be purchased for 800 V-Bucks ($8 USD).

Strike first. Strike hard. No mercy.

Rep your favorite Cobra Kai Dojo with the new Cobra Kai Set! pic.twitter.com/4YHsbpnyan

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) December 31, 2021

Also available in the set are a number of new accessories — Teachings of Miyagi Back Bling, Cobra Coin Back Bling, Dojo Logo Pickaxe, and Cobra’s Curse Pickaxe — as well as the Karate Kid's signature Crane Kick emote. All the new gear can be purchased as a bundle for 1,500 V-Bucks ($15 USD), while individual accessory prices range from 200-800 V-Bucks ($2-8 USD)

Cobra Kai: Season 4 hit Netflix on New Year's Eve. IGN reviewer Amelia Emberwing awarded the latest season a 7/10, calling it "an imperfect transition to Netflix production, but an admirable continuation to the series none the less."

Fortnite, meanwhile, is back online after experiencing some server issues around the holidays. It's been an eventful month for the beloved battle royale, as Fortnite Chapter 3 kicked off in early December, bringing with it the game's transition to Unreal Engine 5.

We're also in the midst of Fortnite Winterfest 2021, which includes a ton of new content, including new outfits inspired by Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Jordan is a freelance writer for IGN.

Just in time for the release of the series' fourth season on Netflix, The Cobra Kai Set is now available in Fortnite.

The set adds 10 new outfits, each of which can be altered to represent the dojo of your choosing: Cobra Kai, Eagle Fang, or Miyagi-Do. The five male and five female outfits are available in two separate bundles for 2,000 V-Bucks ($20 USD) each. Alternatively, individual outfits can be purchased for 800 V-Bucks ($8 USD).

Strike first. Strike hard. No mercy.

Rep your favorite Cobra Kai Dojo with the new Cobra Kai Set! pic.twitter.com/4YHsbpnyan

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) December 31, 2021

Also available in the set are a number of new accessories — Teachings of Miyagi Back Bling, Cobra Coin Back Bling, Dojo Logo Pickaxe, and Cobra’s Curse Pickaxe — as well as the Karate Kid's signature Crane Kick emote. All the new gear can be purchased as a bundle for 1,500 V-Bucks ($15 USD), while individual accessory prices range from 200-800 V-Bucks ($2-8 USD)

Cobra Kai: Season 4 hit Netflix on New Year's Eve. IGN reviewer Amelia Emberwing awarded the latest season a 7/10, calling it "an imperfect transition to Netflix production, but an admirable continuation to the series none the less."

Fortnite, meanwhile, is back online after experiencing some server issues around the holidays. It's been an eventful month for the beloved battle royale, as Fortnite Chapter 3 kicked off in early December, bringing with it the game's transition to Unreal Engine 5.

We're also in the midst of Fortnite Winterfest 2021, which includes a ton of new content, including new outfits inspired by Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Jordan is a freelance writer for IGN.

On the eve of a new year, it's time to look ahead. Join Cardy, Alex, and Jesse as they go through all of the big games, films, and TV shows coming in 2022. There's a lot to be excited about so settle in.

Why not let us know what you're looking forward to the most? Feel free to sling us an email at ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.

IGN UK Podcast #625: The Big 2022 Preview

• IGN UK Podcast #624: Alternative Movie and TV Awards 2021
• IGN UK Podcast #623: Alternative Game Awards 2021
• IGN UK Podcast #622: Sucking on Chocolate is Wonderful
• IGN UK Podcast #621: West Side Story of Bungalow Bill
• IGN UK Podcast #620: Resident Evil - Welcome to the Sinnoh Region

On the eve of a new year, it's time to look ahead. Join Cardy, Alex, and Jesse as they go through all of the big games, films, and TV shows coming in 2022. There's a lot to be excited about so settle in.

Why not let us know what you're looking forward to the most? Feel free to sling us an email at ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.

IGN UK Podcast #625: The Big 2022 Preview

• IGN UK Podcast #624: Alternative Movie and TV Awards 2021
• IGN UK Podcast #623: Alternative Game Awards 2021
• IGN UK Podcast #622: Sucking on Chocolate is Wonderful
• IGN UK Podcast #621: West Side Story of Bungalow Bill
• IGN UK Podcast #620: Resident Evil - Welcome to the Sinnoh Region