Reflecting on the actual Y2K is a reminder that computing’s real risks have less to do with murderous robots—and far more to ...
A beacon of hope and grape juice in a bunker were featured as, 25 years ago, RNZ nervously ticked over from 1999 to 2000.
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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 ...
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.
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.
After diving into a world where a technological uprising threatens to end the global population, ‘Y2K’ concludes on a ...
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 ...
We’re closing in on the silver anniversary of one of the odder moments in recent human history: Y2K. In the years leading up ...