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World's Timekeepers Vote to Eliminate the Leap Second
TL;DRGlobal timekeepers voted to stop adding leap seconds to atomic clocks.
Why it matters: Removes a technical headache for computers and satellites; UTC will gradually drift from Earth's rotation.
Timekeepers have officially voted to eliminate the leap second, allowing Coordinated Universal Time to drift as much as one hour from Earth's rotation before a correction is needed. The change ends decades of occasionally adding or subtracting seconds and replaces it with a…
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