This Software Glitch From The 1970s Could Suddenly Affect Every Computer On The Planet In 2038

Remember how panicked we all were about the Y2K crisis back in the year 2000? Everyone freaked out because computers only used two digits to represent a year in their internal clocks, so Jan. 1, 2000 would also be 1/1/00 — the same apparent date as Jan 1. 1900. In 1999, this problem looked as if it might derail modern life, as computers reset themselves as if it were the beginning of the century and not the end. Now there's a new, even bigger global software coding fiasco looming: A huge amoun...