JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Thirty years ago, Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduced JavaScript as a new, cross-platform scripting language for ...

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

“Bill Gates was bitching about us changing JS all the time,” Eich later recalled of the fall of 1996. Microsoft created its ...

Zig turns its back on GitHub: Frustration over Actions and Microsoft's AI course

The programming language Zig is leaving GitHub after ten years. The reason is problems with GitHub Actions, chaotic job ...

It’s time to unpack Spotify Wrapped. Here’s how the music streamer compiled your 2025 recap

The end of 2025 is almost upon us. And it’s time to unpack Spotify Wrapped. On Wednesday, the music streaming giant delivered ...

Critical React, Next.js flaw lets hackers execute code on servers

A maximum severity vulnerability, dubbed 'React2Shell', in the React Server Components (RSC) 'Flight' protocol allows remote ...
BBC

I love my language!

Will we still be speaking in an English we recognise in a thousand years' time? Alice and Neil make some educated guesses!
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New words are spreading faster than ever—thanks to teenage girls

If you've heard "goblin mode" or "swiftie" lately, it's thanks to them: Young girls are more innovative with language than any other group, linguists say. Young women check their phones on a fire ...