We were warned that our embrace of computer technology would lead to disaster. By incorporating computers into ever more areas of our lives, we were told, we had created a scenario in which a mundane ...

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.

At the turn of the century, with a new millennium dawning, a digital specter loomed over the horizon and haunted the imaginations of people across the globe. It was the Year 2000 Bug, or Y2K for short ...

Small businesses that handle their investments and retirement funds through a broker-dealer should review their investment companies’ Year 2000 compliance efforts to ensure their business finances ...

Bill Clinton was President, glowsticks were popular and anyone who received a message through AOL heard, "You've got mail." This New Year's marks the 25th anniversary of Y2K, the popularized term ...

Obviously, Y2K takes inspiration from the real-life fears surrounding the Y2K bug. Directed by Kyle Mooney, Y2K takes place ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...

Kyle Mooney’s new Y2K movie, which opens in theaters this weekend, asks the question: What would have happened if Y2K was, in fact, a technological disaster? Anyone over the age of 30 no doubt ...

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Most computers recognized years as two digits. When “99” for 1999 became “00” for 2000, many people thought computers would confuse it for 1900, and everything from power and water systems to banking ...