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The year 2020 will be remembered for many things, most of them unpleasant, but it will also be remembered for being…
Jul 7 2016
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The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), which sets the time which standardizes the…
Jul 1 2015
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Last night, time on Earth had a leap second. The planet’s computer systems survived unscathed, thanks to months of…
Jan 7 2015
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In 2012, a leap second brought about a number of website outages all over the Internet. So brace yourselves, because…
Feb 28 2014
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Leap day comes around every four years (give or take a few), but just what is a leap second and why does it happen?…
Aug 10 2012
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The powers-that-be have decided there won't be any more internet-destroying leap seconds this year. Phew. [IERRSS] Read more
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Jul 1 2012
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A week ago, the internet fell victim to a thunderstorm outside of Washington D.C., taking out a chunk of Amazon's…
Jul 1 2012
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You may have noticed yesterday that io9 — and the rest of the Gawker network — went down for several minutes…
Jun 28 2012
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On this coming Sunday June 30, intrepid horologists from around the world will daringly attempt to hold back the…
Jan 5 2009
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According to the brainfarm at ABC, the Earth is "out of sync with time." That's how they explain the 2008 "leap…