Our hacker [glgorman] sent in their submission for the One Hertz Challenge: an analog software clock for Microsoft Windows. I guess we’d have to say that this particular project is a work-in-progress.

As a Gen Z, I've grown up in the era of smartphone alarm clocks being the default. But I noticed both my mornings and evenings devolving into doomscrolling. A $16 analog has helped change my habits, ...

Jamie Kripke designed an analog clock that he said won’t “scare you awake.” Instead, it plays one of seven melodies specifically composed to arouse you gently. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Tokyo ...

You wake up in the middle of the night. Is it time to get up? Well, you can look at the nightstand clock. Unless your partner is in the way. Whoops. Even then, without your glasses, the time is ...

People are looking for ways to spend more time offline in 2026 — from setting scrolling limits to making "analog bags" Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has ...

Screen-free spaces that promote mindful relaxation and face-to-face connection have become increasingly popular over the last year Natalia Senanayake is an Editorial Assistant, Lifestyle at PEOPLE.

In an age where digital displays dominate our lives, a concerning educational gap has emerged: today's children are increasingly unable to read traditional analog clocks. According to a 2023 ...

The recently unveiled x86CSS project aims to emulate an x86 processor within a web browser. Unlike many other web-based ...

The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947, during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is, in essence, a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to the destruction of ...

Daylight saving time is almost here. Clocks across most of the United States will soon spring forward one hour, shifting an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. The change arrives as days ...

The sun is setting later and the days are growing longer, a sign that that the clocks are about to spring forward an hour for the time change. Here's when and what to know about the start and end of ...