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 ...

Simply put, many feared January 1, 2000, would bring mass chaos. Television news contributed to Y2K fears, often running features on survivalists who were unplugging and isolating from society in ...

On the 25th anniversary of the Y2K scare, the eponymous film pokes fun at internet disasters. But real disruptions may loom in the future. This is an article from our newsletter “Science Goes To The ...

Y2K, a comedy film directed by Kyle Mooney of Saturday Night Live fame, encapsulates multiple teens’ coming-of-age stories in the setting of a newly post-apocalyptic world. In Y2K, this disaster is ...

Promise. If you're a fan of offbeat humor and the kind of quirky, cult-worthy films A24 is known for, gird your loins for Y2K, a new project from Saturday Night Live alum Kyle Mooney. The film is ...

Y2K—Rachel Zegler’s horror comedy directed by former Saturday Night Live star Kyle Mooney—is coming soon to digital streaming. Y2K opened in theaters on Dec. 8. The official logline for the ...

“There was a very real fear that, as soon as the clock struck midnight, planes weren’t going to be able to fly, transit was going to shut down.” Hyde explained how Y2K was based off computers not ...

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 after years and... Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were ...