Blog archive
CA/Browser Forum ballot SC-081 caps public TLS certificates at 100 days from 15 March 2027 and 47 days from 2029. What changes, what breaks, and a 90-day plan to automate renewal.
Manu Shukla 
The Xcode 27.3 beta arrived on 3 November, yet most AppKit touch APIs already compile with Xcode 27.2. What to ship now, what still waits, and how to test it.
Manu Shukla 
The CMA's fair ranking rule binds Google from 17 December 2026: objective ranking, 30 or 15 business days' notice of material changes and new complaint routes. What it means for SEO.
Manu Shukla 
The Openreach PSTN closes on 31 January 2027. Which alarms, lifts, card terminals and lines break, what EVAc costs, your digital options and a 91-day checklist.
Manu Shukla 
Three new state privacy laws start in 2027: Louisiana and Oklahoma on 1 January, Alabama on 1 May. Vermont's starts 1 January 2028. Thresholds, duties and a comparison table.
Manu Shukla 
Visual Studio 2022 goes security-only after 12 January 2027. What actually stops, why .NET 10 forces the move, what licences cost, and a checklist for IT admins.
Manu Shukla 
Broadcom ends support for vSphere 8, vSAN 8, NSX 4, Aria 8 and VCF 5.2 on 11 October 2027. What VCF and VVF 9.1 include, how cores are counted, and the upgrade order.
Manu Shukla 
Stay on VCF 9, or move to Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Sangfor HCI, Hyper-V and Azure Local, or OpenShift Virtualization? Licensing, hardware, migration tools and a decision table.
Manu Shukla 
Google scaled ads in AI Mode to India on 28 October 2026. What Search, Shopping and Performance Max advertisers can control, what they cannot see, and how to plan 2027 budgets.
Manu Shukla 
Nova Lake and Medusa are announced but unspecified. What Intel and AMD have confirmed, what ships today, and a buy-now-or-wait plan tied to the 12 October 2027 Windows deadline.
Manu Shukla 
From 1 December 2026 Gemini 4 Argon matches Claude Opus 5.5 at $4/$20 per million tokens, while GPT-6.1 Sol stays at $2/$10. Verified prices, benchmarks and a 20-engineer cost model.
Manu Shukla 
Face ID or a fingerprint should unlock a protected refresh token, not replace the server's check. How to build biometric session unlock in Flutter with Keystore, Keychain and OAuth.
Aman Mathur 
What IT buyers should watch at CES 2027: confirmed keynotes, Intel's Nova Lake update, Copilot+ PC specs, Wi-Fi 8, smart glasses, robotics and the Windows 10 ESU clock.
Manu Shukla 
The CMA's publisher rule makes Google report AI Overviews and AI Mode engagement from 3 December 2026. What to expect, and how to baseline Search Console, GA4 and logs now.
Manu Shukla 
Article 29 of the EU Data Act ends cloud switching charges, egress included, on 12 January 2027. What is covered, what AWS, Azure and Google offer, and a costed exit plan.
Manu Shukla 
Google's introductory price for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.6 Flash ends on 31 December 2026 and every paid rate doubles. What changes, who is affected and how to cut the bill.
Manu Shukla 
Gemini 3.8 Flash doubles to $1.50/$7.50 on 1 January 2027, while Claude Haiku 5.5 and GPT-6 Luna list at $0.10/$0.50. Which cheap model fits which workload, with labelled benchmarks.
Manu Shukla 
Every Google core and spam update from 2023 to 2026 with start dates, end dates and durations, what the March pattern means for 2027, and a symptom-to-fix recovery table.
Manu Shukla 
Google's site reputation policy now splits by searcher location: no manual-action impact in the EEA since 30 August 2026, full enforcement elsewhere. What changed and what to audit for 2027.
Manu Shukla 
GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini leave the OpenAI API on 14 January 2027. Luna mapping, behaviour changes, Azure dates, an evals plan and cost maths.
Manu Shukla 
What DoT's SIM binding direction says, what Parliament confirmed about the 31 December 2026 deadline and web logout, and how to build SIM checks on Android and iOS.
Manu Shukla 
OpenAI switches off every Speech API model on 6 January 2027 and its first Realtime and audio models on 20 January. What breaks on Vapi, Retell, LiveKit and Pipecat, and the fix.
Manu Shukla 
No extension yet: NPCI's 30% UPI volume cap falls due on 31 December 2026. PhonePe held 45.6% and Google Pay 32.2% in September. Scenarios and a build plan for 2027.
Manu Shukla 
Windows Server 2016 loses security updates on 12 January 2027. What ends, what ESUs cost now, which upgrade paths work, how to move domain controllers, and a 90-day plan.
Manu Shukla 