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 ...

The man who found the flaw on computer code has a warning for the year it will be a danger again. BBC News & Current Affairs via Getty Images Peter de Jager had New Year’s Eve 1999 all mapped out. The ...

A blue screen for an inaccessible website on a laptop computer following reports of a major global outage, arranged in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on July 19, 2024. We were warned that our embrace of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on Jan. 1, 2000, as a new century dawned, and Y2K glitches seemed minimal. Editor’s note: This ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — 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 ...

Twenty-five years ago this week, the world argued over the true start date of a millennium, cursed short-sighted computer programmers and waited with bated breath as the calendar switched from a one ...

Explore the Y2K problem, a programming flaw that risked global chaos as the year 2000 approached, but ultimately caused minimal disruption.

when the clock strikes midnight this new year, we want to make sure that when you tuned *** news channel eight, your T. V. Screen doesn't look like this for the past year. We have news channel eight ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- In America, where business is the nation's business and fads are fleeting, the commercial opportunities offered by the year 2000 are irresistible. Forget about computer glitches ...

Nearly 25 years after the year 2000 began without the much-hyped possible computer catastrophe, Y2K is enjoying a resurgence ...

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 ...