If you’re of millennial age or older (or if you’ve seen a certain comedy-horror film now in theaters), you’re likely already familiar with the “year 2000 problem,” better known by the moniker Y2K.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with writer Colette Shade about her book "Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was)." In the late '90s, the future looked so bright, didn't ...

Editor’s Note: The past year was filled with uncertainty over politics, the economy and the ongoing pandemic. In the face of big changes, people found themselves longing for a different time. CNN’s ...

The technology, styles, dress and habits of people before the turn of the 21st century. Favored by the Gen Z population in the 2020s, Y2K fashion includes flip phones, high-contrast colors, low-rise ...

The apprehension people had at the end of the 1990s. There were several reasons. Just the utterance of the year "two thousand" sounded so strange that people were afraid. For a hundred years, all time ...

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Call now and get the ultimate Y2K survival kit from becalm.com. SUMMERS: We're talking about the Y2K bug, the computer problem that, depending on who you asked 25 years ago, ...

Step into the new millennium with this gallery — a time when Y2K fashion was becoming iconic and the meaning of Y2K was just starting to form.

In the late '90s, the future looked so bright, didn't it? We had pop stars in music videos dancing with robots in space. BILL CLINTON: We expect the 1990 surplus - 1998 surplus to be about $70 billion ...