This New Year's marks the 25th anniversary of Y2K, when paranoia gripped the globe over fears that computers would shut down and disrupt financial institutions, power grids and government agencies ...

The so-called "millennium bug" led many to predict a meltdown of critical infrastructure when the calendar changed from 1999 to 2000.

The TIME cover with the doomsday prepper and his sandwich board was fitting, Taylor says, since much of the Y2K hysteria was wrapped up in religious paranoia, with the date ostensibly coming 2,000 ...

The ensuing hysteria was dubbed Y2K, and for a time, it dominated the news cycle. No such cyber-apocalypse happened: Government and business institutions spent years and billions of dollars ...

As the new century approached 25 years ago, Y2K swept the nation. It was a real crisis that the U.S. spent tens of billions of dollars solving, but it also sparked untrue hysteria about planes ...

The disaster comedy explores a world in which the Y2K bug causes electronics to turn against their human masters. If you lived through the Y2K hysteria that surrounded the onset of the year 2000 ...

For those of you who look back with nostalgia at the Y2K hysteria, there is a new, albeit much smaller, Y2 “something” glitch to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside again. WMExperts is ...

Don't fret. Stark County has options. The Auricle in downtown Canton will recall the Y2K hysteria of 1999 with hit songs of the era. Krackpots Comedy Club in downtown Massillon has co-headliners.

We may earn an affiliate commission from links. If you were dressing yourself in the early 2000s, you might feel some kind of way about Y2K fashion ruling the runways and the sidewalks once again.

The U.S. spent tens of billions of dollars solving the computer glitch, but Y2K also sparked untrue hysteria about planes crashing and electrical... Reflecting on Y2K, 25 years later As the new ...