Notes on a panic: Y2K’s 25th birthday

Image caption: Reflecting on Y2K, a quarter-century on. Image credit: Stacey Zhu; Lo-So-Ma / E+ / Maryna Terletska / Moment / Anna Efetova / Moment / EyeEm Mobile GmbH / iStock / Getty Images Plus / Evgeniia Siiankovskaia / Moment / Getty / Apple. Article by Neal Broverman. Mashable – December 30, 2024.

Hong Kong stockpiled food, Virgin America grounded flights, and the U.S. Federal Reserve printed $50 billion in extra money, all in preparation for a date change. This was no simple turning of the calendar page though — it was Y2K and the entire globe was on edge as Jan. 1, 2000 drew near, anxious the world’s computers would not recognize the new century […]

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