Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reflecting on the actual Y2K is a reminder that computing’s real risks have less to do with murderous robots—and far more to do ...

Widespread fears about Y2K led to significant preparations by governments and corporations. Concerns included potential power outages, financial disruptions and even catastrophic failures in air ...

Is this the ’50s or 1999? Huey Lewis famously asked that question in his song from the near end of the 20th century. And what a time to be alive, that was. From boy bands to AOL Instant Messenger, SNL ...

Someday it was going to happen, and that day is now. In 2024, we got a period piece movie based on Y2K. Kyle Mooney’s “disaster-comedy” depicts a world wherein the transition from December 31, 1999 to ...

I remember where I was when I first heard the term. It was early 1998 and I was in a McDonald's drive-thru. My friend was explaining to me why he and his family had decided to move to rural Arkansas ...

We are 25 years into the 2000s, so we wanted to debate: what’s the most definitive piece of Y2K pop culture? We try to pinpoint the essence of... What’s the definitive piece of Y2K pop culture? What’s ...

After a news conference, Rep. Stephen Horn, R-Calif., chairman of Government Management, Information & Technology, examines a chart showing his grades for each agency's progress on the Y2K computer ...