If you want to sound like a true Internet subculture connoisseur, it’s worth brushing up on the difference between the Y2K and McBling aesthetics. What are the origins of the Y2K aesthetic?

Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.

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 ...

This New Year's marks the 25th anniversary of Y2K, the popularized term referring to a widespread computer programming bug feared to wreak havoc when the year changed from 1999 to 2000.

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 ...

The new nostalgic horror comedy “Y2K,” from director, co-writer and “Saturday Night Live” alum Kyle Mooney, will be hitting a theater near you on Dec. 6. But thanks to UC Berkeley’s ...

A computer glitch makes electronics go haywire in this zany and nostalgic horror-comedy from the comedian Kyle Mooney. By Calum Marsh When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

And that’s exactly what viewers will get when they go to see Y2K in theaters. 25% gory horror, 25% coming-of-age tale, 25% resonant romance, and 25% bawdy comedy, Y2K is 100% unadulterated late ...

The cover of Colette Shade’s “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything” is bedazzled with bubbles straight out of VH1’s “Pop Up Video” series from the era. But lest you assume the book is ...