The man who found the flaw on computer code has a warning for the year it will be a danger again. BBC News & Current Affairs via Getty Images Peter de Jager had New Year’s Eve 1999 all mapped out. The ...

“Time Bomb Y2K,” an HBO documentary about the panic related to the calendar switch to 2000 and the pandemonium “experts” warned would ensue, possesses an “Everything old is new again” quality, a ...

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.

Editor’s Note: The past year was filled with uncertainty over politics, the economy and the ongoing pandemic. In the face of big changes, people found themselves longing for a different time. CNN’s ...

We were warned that our embrace of computer technology would lead to disaster. By incorporating computers into ever more areas of our lives, we were told, we had created a scenario in which a mundane ...

In December 1999, the world prepared for the impending global meltdown known as Y2K. It all stemmed from a seemingly small software glitch: Many older computer programs had coded dates using only two ...

From Juicy Couture sweat sets and low-rise, bedazzled jeans to chunky belts and baby tees, early 2000s fashion is all the rage again. That potentially makes that old box of clothes in the back of your ...

At the turn of the century, with a new millennium dawning, a digital specter loomed over the horizon and haunted the imaginations of people across the globe. It was the Year 2000 Bug, or Y2K for short ...

A computer glitch makes electronics go haywire in this zany and nostalgic horror-comedy from the comedian Kyle Mooney. By Calum Marsh When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

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