3 myths about tech history to erase from your memory

Y2K was in fact a big deal. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The U.S. spent about $100 billion preventing Y2K from being a huge issue. Some stories are so funny--and so useful when you're trying to make a point--that people repeat them constantly. Over time these stories are widely believed, at which point you can call them myths.