New York Post

Y2K bug was real and could have killed says man who found it — here’s when it could hit again

The man who found the flaw on computer code has a warning for the year it will be a danger again. BBC News & Current Affairs via Getty Images Peter de Jager had New Year’s Eve 1999 all mapped out. The ...
Time

20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously

In the final hours of Dec. 31, 1999, John Koskinen boarded an airplane bound for New York City. He was accompanied by a handful of reporters but few other passengers, among them a tuxedo-clad reveler ...
People

20 Years Ago, Y2K Hysteria Led to Emergency Bunkers and Cost the U.S. $100 Billion

"If something happens and I didn't prepare my family, I couldn't live with myself," said one woman Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los ...
NPR

Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out

In December 1999, the world prepared for the impending global meltdown known as Y2K. It all stemmed from a seemingly small software glitch: Many older computer programs had coded dates using only two ...
The New York Times

‘Y2K’ Review: Dying Like It’s 1999

A computer glitch makes electronics go haywire in this zany and nostalgic horror-comedy from the comedian Kyle Mooney. By Calum Marsh When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...