Time is quite a precarious thing. It can make or break not only people and their lives, but it also affect digital systems and networks and the way they work. And now, Meta, formerly Facebook, is putting its weight behind to change the way time is measured. But Meta is not the only company pushing for this change. It is being supported by all major tech companies such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon and organisations such as US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and France’s Bureau International de Poids et Mesures in its efforts to the get the International Telecommunications Union to ditch leap seconds altogether. Also Read - How to free up space in Gmail: A step-by-step guide What are leap seconds and why are they so important? Before, you sweat over, what is a “leap second”, here is an easy explanation for you. Also Read - Instagram rolls back some product changes after user. The Orion and Spectra smartwatches from Pebble have been introduced in India. The ...