Time signals shifted by a tiny amount that only very sensitive users would find upsetting UPDATED A staffer at the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tried to disable backup ...

Wall clocks! Are they very accurate? Well, sometimes they are, and sometimes they lose minutes a day. If you’ve got one that needs calibrating, you might like this device from [Lauri Pirttiaho]. Most ...

Modern navigation systems rely heavily on satellite timing, and that dependence has become a growing vulnerability. GPS ...

ATOMIC clocks are the basis of GPS devices, they define the official length of the second and recently played a role in tracking subatomic particles that seemingly travelled faster than the speed of ...

In part one, I talked about the time synchronisation requirements coming into effect with regulations like MiFID II. Today I’d like to delve into some of the challenges that await us in tackling these ...

I'm obsessive about clocks and watches being set to the right time. My mechanical watches are COSC chronometers, my computers are all NTPed up to the nines, etc and so on. I even check the clock in my ...

The tick of the world clock depends on hundreds of atomic oscillators positioned across the globe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...