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 ...

North Korea lures engineers to rent identities in fake IT worker scheme

In an unprecedented intelligence operation, security researchers exposed how North Korean IT recruiters target and lure ...
InfoWorld

All I want for Christmas is a server-side JavaScript framework

Could 2026 be the year of the beautiful back end? We explore the range of options for server-side JavaScript development, ...
How-To Geek on MSN

The surprising reason JavaScript is the best language for beginners

Quirks aside, JS is the most accessible language to learn.
CNET

Charging Your Phone on a Public USB Could Expose It to Juice Jacking. Is It Really a Threat?

USB cables have a split personality. They deliver power, and some carry data on a separate set of pins. The data pins create the risk. When you plug in to a public USB port, you’re connecting your ...

Who Is Andrew Farkas, Who Owned a Marina With Jeffrey Epstein?

The billionaire real estate developer’s relationship with Mr. Epstein is in the spotlight, with the release of emails and ...

Colts-Jaguars takeaways: Jacksonville snags AFC South lead as Indy loses Daniel Jones

The Jaguars beat the Colts for their fourth straight win, while Indianapolis' playoff hopes are in jeopardy after a third ...
Nature

The baby whose life was saved by the first personalized CRISPR therapy

To the research team working to save him, KJ Muldoon was first known only as Patient Eta. But within months, KJ’s name — and ...