In the lead up to January 1, 2000, television reporters rabidly covered doomsayers’ predictions about technology’s downfall.

It’s been 25 years since the year 2000 problem sparked anxiety about potential computer issues as the year changed from 1999 ...

Planes didn’t fall from the sky on Jan. 1, 2000. A technology reporter who wrote a front-page article early that morning ...

It’s been 25 years since people took musician Prince’s advice and partied like it was 1999, and the Y2K (year 2000) was celebrated across the globe. Contact Metroland Staff at thenewsroom@ ...

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 ...

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

The fear was that stored dates used in calculations based on daily or yearly activities – think banking systems, air traffic control systems or power grids – would cause these programs to malfunction.

The year 2000 (Y2K) problem, also known as the millennium bug, was a major source of computer concerns 25 years ago. It was expected to cause computers to fail and lead to critical disruptions in ...