A small portable device featuring timer, clock, and calendar functions, equipped with a simple and functional interface and a truly long battery life.

The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure of humanity's proximity to catastrophic destruction, has been set at 89 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been, symbolizing humanity's shortest margin from potential catastrophe since the clock's creation.

The Google Clock Timer Starter widget is making its way to Android phones. Devices running Android 15 QPR2 and Clock version 7.12 can now access the widget. The widget offers users a selection of several timer durations right from the home screen.

You can use a microcontroller to build a clock. After all, a clock is just something that counts the passage of time. The only problem is that microcontrollers can’t track time very accurately. They need some kind of external timing source that doesn ...

USA TODAY asked Alexandra Bell, the president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a few questions about the Doomsday Clock.