Sure, there were issues that hint at the global catastrophe that the Y2K bug might have been, but most, including The Register rolling over to "year Zero," were worth little more than a chuckle.

SUMMERS: We're talking about the Y2K bug, the computer problem that, depending on who you asked 25 years ago, was going to either be easy to fix or the end of humanity. ZACHARY LOEB: People ...

They are transforming their urban and suburban plots into tiny family farms, replacing eye-catching beds of tulips, columbines and pine shrubbery with utilitarian rows of dwarf fruit trees, beans and ...

The Clinton administration said that preparing the U.S. for Y2K was probably "the single largest technology management challenge in history." The bug threatened a cascade of potential disruptions ...

Almost everyone feared the predicted harms of the "Y2K Bug," a function related to the formatting and storage of calendar data – often reduced to two numerals – for dates on computers starting ...

Here is a look back, 25 years later, at Y2K and how the U.S. transitioned into the new millennium: Also known as "the millennium bug," Y2K stood for the Year 2000 bug and encompassed all the ways ...

"In addition, specific to Y2K, we are recommending that people have good and accurate financial records, bank statements, credit card records, insurance policies, etc., in hard-copy form and stored in ...

“Y2K” explores a world in which the famed computer bug wreaks havoc by turning electronics against humanity. The film is an A24 project, which means it will stream on Max first.

The so-called Y2K “millennium bug” many people predicted led to endless doomsday hype, a bug we were told would affect computers, computerized electronics, and anything that relied on them to ...