Dec. 28—From Massena, where a duo began a millennium disaster food drive, to Glens Falls, where a company that supplied portable toilets saw a run on rentals, there were some serious preparations 25 ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Jan. 1, 2025. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 1, 2000, an anxious world held its breath as ...

Two decades after the Y2K computer bug put the globe on high alert, a similar problem has emerged at a San Francisco-based software company. Splunk, which provides organizations with data-sifting ...

Twenty years ago it was feared that when the calendar flipped to Jan. 1, computer systems would fail to cope with the change and malfunction — leading to global chaos. It didn't happen. SCOTT SIMON: ...

Spectators check out the the 'Y2K Bug', a Volkswagon Beetle covered with computer parts, before the start of the 12th Annual ...

Register to become a blood donor. Read full article: Man arrested for allegedly threatening to kill SAPD officers with ‘16 grenades’ during 911 call, affidavit states The fallout shelter was ready.

Twenty-five years ago this week, the world argued over the true start date of a millennium, cursed short-sighted computer programmers and waited with bated breath as the calendar switched from a one ...

After a news conference, Rep. Stephen Horn, R-Calif., chairman of Government Management, Information & Technology, examines a chart showing his grades for each agency's progress on the Y2K computer ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- In America, where business is the nation's business and fads are fleeting, the commercial opportunities offered by the year 2000 are irresistible. Forget about computer glitches ...

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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 ...

SCOTT SIMON: From National Public Radio, this is Weekend Edition. Welcome to a new century. There were virtually no Y2K-related computer problems to report. Now there is still a chance that some ...