Seconds display in taskbar clock Windows 11 increases power consumption

Specifying seconds in the taskbar clock in Windows 10 and 11 increases power consumption. In Windows 10, showing seconds could always be turned on, but the feature was recently brought back to Windows 11 after an update. Neowin tested the power consumption with the seconds display turned on and off. The tests used an HP Pavilion x360 with a 14-inch display, an eleventh generation i3 processor and twelve gigabytes of ram. While…