The technological sector has kept its promise of strong returns so far this year, combatting the economic slowdown induced by the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P 500 Information Technology Sector Index has gained around 18{cb3fe4c54de06d7c4b8dceae281fb32e521027d1659af7adec2f427d2f5333d9} so far in 2020 as against the broader S&P 500 index’s loss of 2.4{cb3fe4c54de06d7c4b8dceae281fb32e521027d1659af7adec2f427d2f5333d9}. Going on, it is being widely believed that the major technology companies’ resilience to the coronavirus crisis have been supporting the Nasdaq Composite index. Major technology stocks like Facebook (FB), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Netflix (NFLX) and Alphabet (GOOGL) are all positive in 2020 so far. Moreover, Amazon (AMZN) has supported the
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In the latest trading session, Amkor Technology (AMKR) closed at $11.96, marking a -1.89{cb3fe4c54de06d7c4b8dceae281fb32e521027d1659af7adec2f427d2f5333d9} move from the previous day. This change lagged the S&P 500’s daily loss of 0.94{cb3fe4c54de06d7c4b8dceae281fb32e521027d1659af7adec2f427d2f5333d9}. At the same time, the Dow added 0.04{cb3fe4c54de06d7c4b8dceae281fb32e521027d1659af7adec2f427d2f5333d9}, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 2.13{cb3fe4c54de06d7c4b8dceae281fb32e521027d1659af7adec2f427d2f5333d9}.
Coming into today, shares of the chip packaging and test services provider had gained 9.72{cb3fe4c54de06d7c4b8dceae281fb32e521027d1659af7adec2f427d2f5333d9} in the past month. In that same time, the Computer and Technology sector gained 5.46{cb3fe4c54de06d7c4b8dceae281fb32e521027d1659af7adec2f427d2f5333d9}, while the S&P 500 gained 0.02{cb3fe4c54de06d7c4b8dceae281fb32e521027d1659af7adec2f427d2f5333d9}.
Investors will be hoping for strength from AMKR as it approaches its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect AMKR
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You can use the speech-to-text feature on Windows to dictate text in any window, document, or field that you could ordinarily type in.
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To get started with speech-to-text, you need to enable your microphone and turn on speech recognition in “Settings.”
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Once configured, you can press Win + H to open the speech recognition control and start dictating.
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Charles R. Cook, a National Federation of the Blind computer programmer who designed technological solutions for Braille translation, died of cancer July 2 at Stella Maris Hospice. The South Baltimore resident was 73.
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