Reflecting on the actual Y2K is a reminder that computing’s real risks have less to do with murderous robots—and far more to ...

People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype ...

The end of the 1900s brought fear that a computer glitch might down aircraft, erase bank accounts and even trigger World War ...

Midnight has struck on the Chatham Islands." Plunket continued with the broadcast without mentioning what some listeners ...

But it doesn’t seem feasible, so they just hit the video store (hey, remember video stores?) to rent a movie and then the ...

Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.

Is the movie based on a true story? Partly, yes. The film is a work of fiction inspired by the real Y2K bug. It incorporates fictional elements and characters to create a thrilling narrative while ...

The alpha-numeric oddity can forever live on in greater infamy thanks to the latest cinematic achievement from Saturday Night ...

In 1999, as many people were bracing for the end of the world, Las Vegas threw a New Year’s Eve party. It did not go well.

And just like Madame Zelda said, for many in Kentucky, that ritual will be to stay home. Y2K questions in hand, journalist Ann Bowdan asked palm reader madam Zelda about the future in 1999.

Sept. 9, 1998. Credit - Scott J. Ferrell—Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images Reflecting on the actual Y2K is a reminder that computing’s real risks have less to do with murderous robots—and ...

As opposed to a story drafted from real life, this movie hangs on the high-concept premise of “What if Y2K was real and was far more chaotic and unpredictable than expected?” And when the shit ...