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Time is a-changin’: say goodbye to the leap second

The VergeFriday, October 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM

RedScroll Brief

Time is a-changin’: say goodbye to the leap second
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An important change will soon be made to global timekeeping that aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K bug scare.

RedScroll Signal

Impact
High
Category
Technology
Market relevance
Moderate
Why it matters
Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow. An important change will soon be made to global timekeeping that aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K bug scare. Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Time and Technology.
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What happened

An important change will soon be made to global timekeeping that aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K bug scare.

Why it matters

Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow.

Background

The Verge reported on this under technology. RedScroll surfaces the signal with an extractive brief — not a reprint of the original article. Read the source for full reporting.

Timeline

  1. The Verge published: Time is a-changin’: say goodbye to the leap second

  2. Story is in today’s RedScroll edition. Follow the original source for updates.

Economic impact

Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Time and Technology.

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