Elroy Fernandes

Elroy is a digital marketer and developer from Goa, with over a decade of experience web development and marketing. He has been associated with several startups and serves currently as an Editor to the Asia Pacific Industrial magazine. He occasionally writes on Startup Fortune about technology and automation.

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Elroy Fernandes · Apr 24, 2026 · 10:36 AM

A swarm of ten AI agents can now outmaneuver a hundred human trolls and nobody sees it coming

New research from Cornell Tech and Ben-Gurion University demonstrates that a swarm of just ten LLM-powered AI agents can replicate the influence output of a hundred human trolls while evading virtually all standard bot detection systems. The study simulated a successful attack on an online voting platform and sparked over 50,000 social media interactions within 24 hours, raising urgent questions for platform operators, AI providers, and election security officials worldwide.

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 24, 2026 · 8:17 AM

The viral rumor claiming OpenAI's GPT 5.5 is a flat rate subscription is collapsing under the weight of complex new billing metrics

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 24, 2026 · 6:16 AM

Software engineers are drawing up backup plans as AutoCode Zero makes the leap from assistant to architect

Google DeepMind and OpenAI's AutoCode Zero system can convert a product brief into a deployed application in under 90 seconds, triggering mass anxiety across the developer community and a serious reckoning with which engineering roles survive a Level 5 autonomous coding agent. With 2.4 million posts flooding Reddit and X in 24 hours, engineers are pivoting toward AI auditing, security, and product strategy. The market value of traditional coding skills could fall 40-60% by year's end.

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 24, 2026 · 4:15 AM

Cardano and SingularityNET just gave AI agents their own wallets and the market noticed immediately

Cardano's mainnet integration of the x402 Protocol with SingularityNET lets autonomous AI agents hold wallets and execute payments independently. The launch drove ADA up 18%, pushed Cardano's TVL above $1 billion, and triggered a 40% spike in developer commits within 24 hours. It marks a concrete step toward a functioning machine-to-machine economy built on blockchain infrastructure.

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 24, 2026 · 2:16 AM

Pavel Durov cuts TON blockchain fees by 83 percent as Telegram bets its billion-user base on micro-transaction dominance

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has announced an 83.3% reduction in TON blockchain transaction fees, cutting costs from 0.005 TON to roughly 0.0008 TON following a validator community vote. The upgrade, scheduled for next week, targets the micro-transaction economy powering Telegram mini-apps and positions TON more aggressively against rival layer-1 networks. Analysts see the move as both a demand-side catalyst for Toncoin and a strategic play to leverage Telegram's 950 million users for deeper crypto

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 24, 2026 · 12:16 AM

A new research report projects Ethereum could reach $250,000 by surpassing both Bitcoin and gold as the dominant global store of value

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 23, 2026 · 10:35 PM

Anthropic's Claude desktop app left hidden browser files on Macs and the privacy backlash was swift

Anthropic's Claude macOS desktop app was found leaving hidden browser storage files in user Library folders after uninstallation, triggering a global privacy backlash with over 50,000 social media mentions in under 24 hours. The company attributed the files to the Artifacts feature's embedded web view and promised a fix in version 1.2.4. The incident exposes a structural vulnerability in Electron-based AI apps and signals tightening scrutiny from privacy regulators.

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 23, 2026 · 8:35 PM

Pornhub abandons Tether to adopt USDC citing regulatory transparency and creator safety

Pornhub is severing ties with Tether to adopt Circle's USDC for all creator payouts, signaling a decisive shift toward high-compliance stablecoins in the adult entertainment sector.

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 23, 2026 · 6:16 PM

A developer spent 90 days tracking ten AI models predicting Bitcoin prices and the results are humbling

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 23, 2026 · 3:43 PM

Alphabet-X just released Astra and the internet is calling it the moment AGI arrived

Alphabet-X released Astra today via arXiv preprint, a frontier AI model that passed the Lovelace Test 2.0 for AGI with a 96.8% ARC-AGI score and solved a novel protein-folding structure in three hours. Alphabet shares surged 12% while Microsoft and NVIDIA fell as analysts repriced the hardware scaling trade. Third-party verification is now the only question that matters.

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 23, 2026 · 1:43 PM

Ethereum meme coins are pulling capital away from Solana as traders rotate toward familiar liquidity

A decisive capital rotation is pulling traders out of Solana meme coins like Dogwifhat and Bonk and into Ethereum-native tokens like PEPE and MOG, with SOL briefly dipping below $140 this week. Nansen data shows Smart Money wallets cut SOL exposure by 15% in 48 hours while accumulating ETH and ERC-20 assets. The shift points to Ethereum's enduring edge as the market's deepest liquidity layer when macro conditions turn uncertain.

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 23, 2026 · 11:43 AM

Tesla's Q1 2026 earnings beat shows a company that has quietly reinvented itself around AI and robotics

Tesla's Q1 2026 results cleared Wall Street estimates by a significant margin, with adjusted EPS of $1.18 against a $0.98 forecast and revenue of $28.4 billion versus $26.1 billion expected. The beat was driven by a 72% gross margin FSD software division, regulatory approval for unsupervised autonomous driving, and the deployment of over 1,000 Optimus Gen 3 robots inside Tesla's own factories. TSLA shares surged 12% in after-hours trading as the market repriced the company's identity from automa

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 23, 2026 · 9:43 AM

SK Hynix posts a five-fold profit jump as AI chip demand blows past its ability to supply

SK Hynix reported a record five-fold surge in quarterly operating profit on April 23, fueled by sold-out orders for its HBM3E high-bandwidth memory chips. The company says AI chip demand now exceeds its production capacity, marking a structural shift that positions memory suppliers as a critical bottleneck in the global AI supply chain.

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 23, 2026 · 7:43 AM

IBM's sluggish AI revenue growth is a reality check the market wasn't ready for

IBM's quarterly results showed revenue growth decelerating well below investor expectations, triggering a share price drop and reigniting concerns about how quickly AI investments convert into real top-line gains. The company's software and consulting units, central to its AI strategy, are facing the fundamental lag between enterprise pilot programs and full-scale commercial deployment. IBM's results may signal a broader repricing of expectations across legacy tech firms banking on AI to fuel th

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 23, 2026 · 5:43 AM

GPT Image 2 just produced a fake video game screenshot that nobody can tell is fake

A viral AI-generated screenshot depicting a fictional GTA 6 and Cyberpunk 2077 crossover is driving speculation that OpenAI's apparent GPT Image 2 has crossed the photorealism threshold. The images are convincing enough that observers cannot distinguish them from actual engine-rendered footage. If the capability holds up, the implications for game development pipelines and visual misinformation are significant.

Elroy Fernandes · Apr 23, 2026 · 3:44 AM

How to tell if your inherited silverware is worth more than its weight in silver

With silver spot prices elevated by industrial and investor demand, the gap between melt value and collectible value on inherited or thrifted silver items can be substantial. Authentication comes first , hallmarks, magnet tests, and acid assays separate genuine sterling from silver plate. Once confirmed, maker's marks, coin dates, and condition determine whether you're holding a bullion play or something worth considerably more.