These warnings applied not to last week’s CrowdStrike IT outages, but to the year 2000 computer problem (Y2K), when experts warned that a disaster would unfold when 1999 became 2000 unless ...

Nearly 25 years after the year 2000 began without the much-hyped possible computer catastrophe, Y2K is enjoying a resurgence as Americans become nostalgic for the late '90s and early '00s.

SUMMERS: We're talking about the Y2K bug, the computer problem that, depending on who you asked 25 years ago, was going to either be easy to fix or the end of humanity. ZACHARY LOEB: People ...

At the time, some people even embraced conspiracy theories and widespread fears over the computer glitch causing the end of ...

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 ...

This New Year's marks the 25th anniversary of Y2K, the popularized term referring to a widespread computer programming bug feared to wreak havoc when the year changed from 1999 to 2000.