It's the 25th anniversary of Y2K, when panic about a millennium bug swept the nation. Photos show how we prepared.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reflecting on Y2K, a quarter-century on. Credit: Credit: Stacey Zhu; Lo-So-Ma / E+ / Maryna Terletska / Moment / Anna Efetova / Moment / EyeEm Mobile GmbH / iStock / Getty Images Plus / Evgeniia ...

Ice Spice boarded her diamond-encrusted sleigh and came bearing gifts this holiday season, as the Bronx princess dropped off ...

On the set of “Y2K,” co-writer, director and star Kyle Mooney had something of a malfunction himself. “We were staying at a hotel in Jersey and my wife was there, and she texted me something ...

This New Year's marks the 25th anniversary of Y2K, the popularized term referring ... USA TODAY is looking back on some of the photos surrounding the historic events leading up to it.

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 ...