What is a leap second? And why does Big Tech want to alter time? - Grid

Scientists have added an extra second 27 times since 1972 to keep atomic clocks in sync with astronomical time. Tech companies hate this practice.

What unites Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and the U.S. government? Advocating for the end of leap seconds blink-and-youll-miss-it adjustments to timekeeping that compensate for wobbles in the Earths rotati… [+6455 chars]

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