Java continues to get immense real-world usage, as it has for decades, so it will continue to make headlines. Meanwhile, each trendy lang will make headlines for a few years as 4 startups gush about it before they move to the next trendy lang.
Waiting on the whole async dead-end to come to terms to cheap threads here. It's going to take a long time, but let's not kid ourselves: the TCO-driven accountants hold the roots of true power.