On January 19, 2038, every computer still running 32-bit time will simultaneously believe it's December 13, 1901 — and we're closer to that deadline than you think. This week we dig into the Y2K-style time bomb quietly ticking inside billions of devices, from hospital equipment to infrastructure systems, and meet the engineers racing to fix it before the clock runs out. Spoiler: the reason this bug exists is both completely logical and absolutely bananas.