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 century ago, it was the dawn of an impending global meltdown. The tension ...

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Bill Clinton was President, glowsticks were popular and anyone who received a message through AOL heard, "You've got mail." This New Year's marks the 25th anniversary of Y2K, the popularized term ...

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 ...

If you’re of millennial age or older (or if you’ve seen a certain comedy-horror film now in theaters), you’re likely already familiar with the “year 2000 problem,” better known by the moniker Y2K.

“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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Many are preparing for the end of a decade and making plans for new roads in 2020 and beyond. But most, who are too young to remember, don't know that 20 years ago, many were ...