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Earth Is Spinning Weirdly Faster, Making Today One of the Shortest Days Ever

Earth will complete its daily rotation between 1.25 and 1.51 milliseconds faster than usual, and scientists aren’t quite sure why.

Earth’s rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven’t had any effect on daily life, but they also haven’t gone unnoticed by science. Tuesday, Aug. 5 is the next date when Earth’s rotation is expected to speed up, shortening the day by between 1.25 and 1.51 milliseconds.

According to Time and Date, the current prediction is set by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service and the US Naval Observatory. The original prediction was 1.51 milliseconds, but it’s since been updated to 1.25 milliseconds. This is also the third time Earth’s rotation has sped up for a day this summer. The other two instances occurred on July 10 and July 22.

Should the first prediction be accurate, Aug. 5, 2025, will be the third shortest day on record behind June 30, 2022, when the Earth spun 1.59 milliseconds faster, and July 5, 2024, when it completed its rotation 1.66 milliseconds faster. If the prediction is off, then it may succeed those two as the shortest day Earth has seen in recorded history.

For reference, Earth generally takes approximately 86,400 seconds to make one full rotation. One millisecond is 0.001 seconds. So, this won’t be noticeable to humans and will not affect anything.

What’s causing Earth to spin faster?

There are numerous reasons why Earth could be spinning faster. The prevailing opinion is that it’s due to the moon’s current position over Earth. When the moon is further north or south than Earth’s equator, it can impact how fast the planet spins.

On Aug. 5, 2025, the moon will be quite a bit further south than the equator, which is likely causing the slightly faster spin. This is expected to have a short-term impact on Earth’s orbit.

Science can’t explain it

Scientists are puzzling over why Earth is speeding up at all. Approximately 245 million years ago, the dinosaurs roamed, and days were an hour and a half shorter than they are today. Earth’s rotation has been slowing ever since, mostly due to the moon’s impact on Earth’s oceans. Science has measured Earth’s rotation subtly slowing down since official records began in 1973.

However, a recent trend shows that Earth’s rotation is speeding up, and since these faster days are mostly explained by the moon’s orbit, science has yet to fully explain why. A research paper posted in Nature in 2023 suggests that Earth’s core may have started slowing down as recently as 2010, which would explain Earth’s faster rotation. However, confirmation doesn’t yet exist.

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Google races to put Gemini at the center of Android before Apple’s AI reboot

Google is using its latest Android rollout to position Gemini as the AI layer across phones, Chrome, laptops and cars.

Google is using its latest Android rollout to make Gemini less of a chatbot and more of an operating layer across the phone, browser, car and laptop, just weeks before Apple is expected to show its own Gemini-powered Apple Intelligence reboot at WWDC.
Ahead of its Google I/O developer conference next week, the company previewed a number of Android updates, including AI-powered app automation, a smarter version of Chrome on Android, new tools for creators, a redesigned Android Auto experience, and a sweeping set of new security features.
Alphabet is counting on Gemini to help Google compete directly with OpenAI and Anthropic in the market for artificial intelligence models and services, while also serving as the AI backbone across its expansive portfolio of products, including Android. Meanwhile, Gemini is powering part of Apple’s new AI strategy, giving Google a role in the iPhone maker’s reset even as it races to prove its own version of personal AI on the phone is further along.
Sameer Samat, who oversees Google’s Android ecosystem, told CNBC that Google is rebuilding parts of Android around Gemini Intelligence to help users complete everyday tasks more easily.
“We’re transitioning from an operating system to an intelligence system,” he said.
As part of Tuesday’s announcements. Google said Gemini Intelligence will be able to move across apps, understand what’s on the screen and complete tasks that would normally require a user to jump between multiple services. That means Android is moving beyond the traditional assistant model, where users ask a question and get an answer, and acting more like an agent.
For instance, Google says Gemini can pull relevant information from Gmail, build shopping carts and book reservations. Samat gave the example of asking Gemini to look at the guest list for a barbecue, build a menu, add ingredients to an Instacart list and return for approval before checkout.
A big concern surrounding agentic AI involves software taking action on a user’s behalf without permissions. Samat said Gemini will come back to the user before completing a transaction, adding, “the human is always in the loop.”
Four months after announcing its Gemini deal with Google, Apple is under pressure to show a more capable version of Apple Intelligence, which has been a relative laggard on the market. Apple has long framed privacy, hardware integration and control of the user experience as its advantages.
Google’s Android push is designed to show it can bring AI deeper into the device experience while still giving users control over what Gemini can see, where it can act and when it needs confirmation.
The app automation features will roll out in waves, starting with the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones this summer, before expanding across more Android devices, including watches, cars, glasses and laptops later this year.
The company is also redesigning Android Auto around Gemini, turning the car into another major surface for its assistant. Android Auto is in more than 250 million cars, and Google says the new release includes its biggest maps update in a decade and Gemini-powered help with tasks like ordering dinner while driving.
Alphabet’s AI strategy has been embraced by Wall Street, which has pushed the company’s stock price up more than 140% in the past year, compared to Apple’s roughly 40% gain. Investors now want to see how Gemini can become more central to the products people use every day.
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