Salih M. ⁽¹²⁾

With more than two decades of hands-on IT and consumer tech experience, Salih is fascinated by gadgets, software, hardware—especially open source—and anything he can tinker with. He is driven by endless curiosity and a passion for learning and sharing knowledge.

Salih M. September 25, 2026

Qwen 4 Is Training — and Alibaba Has a 20 GW Data-Center Plan

At its 2026 Apsara conference, Alibaba Cloud laid out a full-stack AI plan: Qwen 4 is now in training, with Qwen 4.5 and Qwen 5 projected to reach 5–10 trillion parameters; new Zhenwu V900 chips claim 3× the performance of their predecessor; and Alibaba wants…

Salih M. September 19, 2026

Humanoid Robots Are Getting Their Own Fighting League

URKL (Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend) is a humanoid robot fighting league where every team starts with the same machine — EngineAI's T800, a 173 cm humanoid built by a Shenzhen robotics company. Nobody wins with better hardware; teams compete by teaching the T800 to move,…