The year 2000 (Y2K) problem, also known as the millennium bug, was a major source of computer concerns 25 years ago. It was ...

The so-called "millennium bug" led many to predict a meltdown of critical infrastructure when the calendar changed from 1999 ...

A quarter-century after burying a plastic pipe stuffed with notes and mementos, old friends in Silver Spring discover that ...

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 ...

It has been 25 years since many breathed a collective sigh of relief. Yes, it's been that long since we found out we'd all be ...

“Reporters didn’t know if it was real or not.” Television news contributed to Y2K fears, often running features on survivalists who were unplugging and isolating from society in the run-up ...

The U.S. spent tens of billions of dollars solving the computer glitch, but Y2K also sparked untrue hysteria about planes ...

“There was a very real fear that, as soon as the clock struck midnight, planes weren’t going to be able to fly, transit was going to shut down.” Hyde explained how Y2K was based off ...

A quarter-century after the world avoided a much-ballyhooed Y2K crisis on New Year’s Eve — a six-digit date format in ...

Some artists and movements are claiming back the innocent world wide web of 25 years ago, but other experts note that all the ...