New Year's Eve, FOX 2 was covering the biggest story of the year: a new millenium and a fear that massive computer malfunctions would disrupt life as we knew it.
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 ...
Planes didn’t fall from the sky on Jan. 1, 2000. A technology reporter who wrote a front-page article early that morning ...
It’s been 25 years since the year 2000 problem sparked anxiety about potential computer issues as the year changed from 1999 to 2000. It didn’t stop people from partying like it was 1999 across the ...
Take a look back at the days and months ahead of Jan. 1, 2000, when fears about the Y2K dominated the headlines.
After 2024's increase of 3.2%, Social Security recipients will get a more modest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025: 2.5%. Why 2.5%? The COLA is tied to the inflation rate, says the Social ...
It’s been 25 years since the year 2000 problem sparked anxiety about potential computer issues as the year changed from 1999 to 2000. It didn’t stop people from partying like it was 1999 across the ...
The Year 200 Problem, commonly known as Y2K, was a hypothesis that a computer flaw would have caused major issues when the machines were dealing with dates past Dec. 31, 1999. At the time, many ...
A quarter-century ago, Michael and Patricia Ferry diligently prepped for the potential crash of computer systems across the world as the year changed from 1999 to 2000.
In general, the best time to view the planet parade will be after Jan. 21, and before Feb. 21. The very best nights will be ...
In his reporting from 25 years ago, Taylor tamped down Y2K panic and noted how programmers had been working to upgrade the ...
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype ...