The Register, Friday, January 2nd, 2026
The Y2K Bug Delayed My Honeymoon ... By 17 Years!
More tales of apocalypse avoided - including in an animal testing lab - and the hard work that made that possible
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Vol 333 · Issue 5
Humor — Archive · Vol 333 Issue 5
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The Register, Thursday, January 1st, 2026
Welcome To Wendy's! Before Your Order Can Be Taken, You Must First Reset This Kiosk
Today's example of bork-in-the-wild shows that Microsoft is not the only game in town when it comes to screens having an IT moment in public. No, there will be no orders on this Firefox-based drive-thru kiosk at Wendy's.
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When The Lights Went Out, And The Shooting Started, Y2K Started To Feel All Too Real
Welcome to a special festive season edition of On Call, in which we share readers' stories of working on the 31st of December 1999 - the moment the tech world held its breath and hoped years of Year 2000 bug remediation efforts would work.
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