A destructive windstorm disrupted the power supply to more than a dozen atomic clocks that keep official time in the United ...

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Officials said the error is likely too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals.

A power outage at a key atomic clock facility led to the US official time slowing down by just under five millionths of a ...

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A power outage at a key atomic clock facility led to the US official time slowing down by just under five millionths of a second last week, the country’s time watchdog said. A severe windstorm knocked ...