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French time lords add one second to 2015 The year 2015 will be slightly longer after the Paris Observatory announced it was adding a leap second to clocks this summer.On June 30, dials will read 11:59:60 as clocks hold their breath for a second to allow the Earth’s rotation to catch up with atomic time.Atomic time is constant, but the Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down by around two thousandths of a second per day.It is the task of scientists and officials at the International Earth Rotation Service based in France to monitor the planet's rotation and tweak time where necessary. Some years the Earth runs bang on time and no adjustment is needed.Software companies are already bracing themselves for problems. When the last leap second was added in 2012 Mozilla, Reddit, Foursquare, Yelp, LinkedIn, and StumbleUpon all reported crashes and there were problems with the Linux operating system and programmes written in Java.
The Home Office has agreed to fund a team of British detectives to help search for toddler Ben Needham who went missing in Greece more than 20 years ago.Ben, from Sheffield, vanished on 24 July 1991 after travelling to the Greek island of Kos with his mother and grandparents.Over the years there have been a number of possible sightings and a range of theories about what happened to the youngster, who would now be 25.South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner Alan Billings today said his force had secured special funding from the Home Office to allow British detectives to “continue to support the Greek authorities in the search for Ben Needham”.
Unpatched security hole has left millions of Moonpig customers at risk for 17 months
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If I told that you that a bunch of hackers had found a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 8.1 you would probably be concerned.Especially if details of the unpatched security bug had not only been made public, but actual working exploit code had also been released on the internet for anyone else to use.So, how would you feel if I told you that the hackers work for Google?Fortunately, Microsoft has pointed out that the security flaw uncovered by Google’s researchers isn’t of the highest severity. To exploit the bug, an attacker would “need to have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to a targeted machine.”
The Orthodox Greek community in downtown Manhattan, New York, has another reason to celebrate, as the reconstruction of the church of Saint Nicholas at Ground Zero finally started last month.After 13 years of negotiations with the region's Port Authority, work has begun on the Greek Orthodox church that will be the only non-secular building at Ground Zero. Many believe it will become one of the most visited churches in the US. It is planned to be completed by Easter 2017.The original St Nicholas Church - a tiny townhouse standing right below the Twin Towers - was destroyed when the South Tower collapsed after the attacks of 11 September, 2001
Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 11 people and injuring 10, French officials say.Witnesses spoke of sustained gunfire at the office as the attackers opened fire with assault rifles before escaping.Police have launched a major operation in the Paris area in their hunt for the attackers.
Kindle sales have 'disappeared', says UK's largest book retailerWaterstones says sales of physical books rose 5pc in December, while Kindle sales collapsed
If I told that you that a bunch of hackers had found a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 8.1 you would probably be concerned.Especially if details of the unpatched security bug had not only been made public, but actual working exploit code had also been released on the internet for anyone else to use.So, how would you feel if I told you that the hackers work for Google?
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