It’s been 25 years since the year 2000 problem sparked anxiety about potential computer issues as the year changed from 1999 to 2000. It didn’t stop people from partying like it was 1999 across the ...

For people over the age of 30, the Y2K panic of 1999 was a real concern. It seems silly now, but for many people a quarter ...

People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype ...

Reflecting on the actual Y2K is a reminder that computing’s real risks have less to do with murderous robots—and far more to ...

The film is a comedy-horror, following a group of teenagers surviving what some people thought the “year 2000 problem” would ...

A quarter-century ago, Michael and Patricia Ferry diligently prepped for the potential crash of computer systems across the world as the year changed from 1999 to 2000.

The Year 200 Problem, commonly known as Y2K, was a hypothesis that a computer flaw would have caused major issues when the machines were dealing with dates past Dec. 31, 1999. At the time, many ...

Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.

It’s been 25 years since the year 2000 problem sparked anxiety about potential computer issues as the year changed from 1999 to 2000. It didn’t stop people from partying like it was 1999 across the ...