Y2K, 25 Years Later: How TV News Exacerbated the ... - TV Insider
2 days ago · As the pivotal Y2K moment drew closer, TV news divisions devoted dozens of hours of airtime to New Year’s Eve. CNN planned 100 consecutive hours of coverage, while MSNBC …
Y2K: 4 things people thought would happen on New Year’s 25 …
3 days ago · The Brief. Widespread fears about Y2K led to significant preparations by governments and corporations. Concerns included potential power outages, financial …
Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking …
4 days ago · Computer specialist and grassroots organizer Paloma O’Riley compared the scale and urgency of Y2K prep to telling somebody to change out a rivet on the Golden Gate Bridge. …
As Confetti Rained on Times Square, Y2K Bug Was a No-Show
3 days ago · The Times took the year 2000 software problem seriously too. From 1998 through the first few days of 2000, the newspaper published nearly 140 stories about Y2K, based on a …
It is 25 years since the Y2K panic: Do you remember it?
3 days ago · For people over the age of 30, the Y2K panic of 1999 was a real concern. It seems silly now, but for many people a quarter century ago, it was the dawn of an impending global …
Year 2000 problem - Wikipedia
The term year 2000 problem, [1] or simply Y2K, refers to potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates in and after the year 2000. Many programs …
Y2K anniversary: See historical photos of millennium panic in …
Dec 22, 2024 · It's the 25th anniversary of Y2K, when panic about a millennium bug swept the nation. Photos show how we prepared.
Reflecting on Y2K, 25 years later | Here & Now - WBUR
3 days ago · Peter de Jager — a former computer programmer and outspoken whistleblower about the potential issues of Y2K — joins host Robin Young to reflect on the crisis after 25 …
Y2K: Looking back on the bug that wasn't - NPR
Dec 27, 2024 · 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 …
The Y2K Story: Exclusive Series - CNN
By 1999 computers had transformed everyday life around the world, but an invisible digital enemy called Y2K threatened to bring it all down. Would the electrical grid collapse? Would planes fall...
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