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 ...
Indiatimes

'Multiple flights cancelled': Ethiopian volcanic ash enters India, drifts towards Himalaya — 10 things to know

Volcanic ash from Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi eruption has disrupted airline operations across India, prompting DGCA advisories. The ash plume, carrying dangerous particles, entered Gujarat and moved ...
Mint

Silent for 12,000 years, Ethiopia’s volcano erupts, spews ash towards India, Pakistan; flights affected — 10 updates

After lying dormant for 12,000 years, Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano has erupted, spewing ash thousands of kilometres away. The sudden burst of ash forced multiple airlines to cancel or divert flights ...
Bleeping Computer

Popular JavaScript library expr-eval vulnerable to RCE flaw

A critical vulnerability in the popular expr-eval JavaScript library, with over 800,000 weekly downloads on NPM, can be exploited to execute code remotely through maliciously crafted input. The ...
Nature

Biodiversity thrives in Ethiopia’s church forests

If you see a forest in Ethiopia, you know there is very likely to be a church in the middle, says Alemayehu Wassie. Wassie, a forest ecologist, has spent the past decade on a mission: preserving, ...