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QR code fraud: police register case against six toll plaza employees in Kozhikode

According to the police, the employees allegedly targeted vehicles without FASTag and displayed QR codes linked to private accounts to collect toll payments instead of routing them through the authorised system

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Global timekeeping rules change: leap second scrapped from 2027

Global timekeepers have voted to end the practice of adding extra seconds to UTC, citing risks to computer systems and the prospect of the first-ever negative leap second.

  • Leap seconds will be scrapped from UTC starting 2027.
  • Earth's rotation is gradually slowing down.
  • Technical systems dependent on precise time synchronization will be affected.

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