Krypton Evening News | Zhuanzhuan Group signs a cooperation memorandum with Dubai Airport Free Zone; Amazon stops advertising on Google Shopping, an e-commerce platform under Google; Arm CEO: The company is developing its own chips.
Large Companies:
36Kr learned that Liu Baoyou, the brand general manager of OnePlus in China, revealed today that in the first half of 2025, OnePlus' full-channel mobile phone sales increased by 31% year-on-year, ranking first among mobile phone brands in terms of growth rate. OnePlus has continuously increased its investment in performance and the gaming field, launched a number of self-developed technologies pioneered in the industry, and deepened cooperation in the upstream and downstream of the gaming industry chain and the construction of the player ecosystem. In addition, OnePlus' self-developed chip-level gaming technology, the "Fengchi Gaming Kernel," will undergo a major upgrade and will be first launched on new products in the second half of the year.
Meituan: Since July, the Search Volume for "Air Tickets" Has Increased by 99%, and the Search Volume for "Hotel Accommodation" Has Increased by 48% Year-on-Year
36Kr learned that recently, Meituan Travel released the "Report on Summer Hotspots and Trends in 2025." The report shows that as the peak travel season of the year, since July, the search volume for "hotel accommodation" on the home page of the Meituan App has increased by 48% year-on-year, the search volume for "air tickets" has increased by 99%, the search volume for "tour groups" has increased by 42%, and the search volume for "weekend getaways" has increased by 48%. The "new way of in-depth travel" has emerged, and the "accommodation +" economy has driven more related consumption. Meituan data shows that the search volume for "paragliding at Sayram Lake" and "sailing at Sayram Lake" in Xinjiang has soared by 600%, driving up the popularity of hotels at Sayram Lake by 476%.
Zhuanzhuan Group Signs a Cooperation Memorandum with Dubai Airport Free Zone
36Kr learned that recently, Zhuanzhuan Group signed a cooperation memorandum with the Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZ) and will set up a regional headquarters in the free zone to build a cross-border supply chain center for the second-hand circular economy in the Middle East.
Amazon Stops Advertising on Google's E-commerce Platform Google Shopping
It is reported that Amazon has stopped advertising on Google's e-commerce platform Google Shopping. John Burton, the performance director of MRS Digital, said: "All signs indicate that their advertising investment on Google Shopping has completely stopped." Mark Ballard, the research director of MRS Digital, added: "According to the latest Google data as of July 23, Amazon seems to have completely withdrawn from Google Shopping's advertising auctions, which is the first time this has happened since the early days of the pandemic in 2020."
Arm CEO: The Company Is Developing Its Own Chips
On July 31, it was reported that Arm, a major British semiconductor IP company, announced a forecast for the next fiscal quarter that was lower than market expectations on Wednesday local time. Part of the reason was that Arm planned to invest some of its profits in manufacturing its own chips and other components, disappointing investors. This also caused Arm's stock price to fall by 8.65% in after-hours trading on Wednesday. Arm CEO Rene Haas said that the company is investing in the development of its own chips, which marks a major shift in the company's model of licensing chip IP design blueprints to other companies.
New Products:
The New DJI Osmo Camera Is Launched on JD.com, and the Number of Reservations Exceeds 50,000
DJI Innovation announced that it will officially launch the panoramic camera product "Osmo 360" at 8 p.m. on July 31. The new product will be available for purchase on JD.com at 8 p.m. on the same day as the press conference. JD.com has launched the product and opened reservations. As of now, the number of reservations has exceeded 50,000.
36Kr learned that on July 29, the large model evaluation platform SuperCLUE released the "Global Ranking of Text-to-Video Large Models in July." After comprehensive evaluation, the base model ability of Wondershare FilmoraPro, an audio and video multimedia large model under Wondershare Technology, is at the fourth level in China, surpassing OpenAI Sora in the total evaluation score. It is located in the excellent leader quadrant in the SuperCLUE-T2V text-to-video model quadrant chart, and its general ability (including video image quality rendering, element building, and dynamic shaping) and scenario application ability (including world simulation, film and television materials, application design, Chinese culture, etc.) performed outstandingly in the evaluation.
Investment and Financing:
"Fenghuolun Yingtu" Completes a Seed Round of Financing of Tens of Millions of Yuan
36Kr learned that "Fenghuolun Yingtu" has completed a seed round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, jointly participated in by DNA Fund, Gaoxin, Xinwei Group, etc. The funds will be used for the research and development of an AI super teacher intelligent brain with a brain-like architecture, a personalized learning engine, and embodied intelligent hardware.
"Zero Power Robot" Obtains Another Two Rounds of Hundreds of Millions of Yuan in Financing
36Kr learned that recently, "Zero Power Robot" announced the completion of hundreds of millions of yuan in financing in the Angel + and Angel ++ rounds. The Angel + round of financing was invested by Baohe Venture Capital, Tongchuang Weiye, and Lihe Kechuang, and the Angel ++ round was invested by Shuimu Fund, Baohe Venture Capital, Mizuho Lihe, and Ralph Venture Capital. It is understood that after securing Angel round financing in February, Zero Power has completed three rounds of financing within half a year. The funds will be mainly invested in technology breakthroughs, mass production acceleration, and ecological layout.
On July 30, US cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks announced that it had reached a final agreement to acquire Israeli identity security company CyberArk. In this transaction, the equity value of CyberArk is approximately $25 billion. It is understood that this is the second-largest acquisition in Israeli history. The largest acquisition was Google's $32 billion acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity unicorn Wiz earlier this year.
Today's Views:
IDC: It Is Expected That the Global Robot Market Will Exceed $400 Billion by 2029
36Kr learned that IDC predicts that the global robot market will exceed $400 billion by 2029. Among them, the Chinese market accounts for nearly half of the share and ranks among the top in the world with a compound annual growth rate of nearly 15%, becoming the core engine driving the growth of the global robot industry.
Other Noteworthy News:
36Kr learned that recently, NVIDIA's computing chips were exposed to have serious security problems. Previously, US lawmakers called for advanced chips exported by the US to be equipped with a "tracking and positioning" function. US artificial intelligence experts revealed that NVIDIA's "tracking and positioning" and "remote shutdown" technologies for computing chips are already mature. To safeguard the network security and data security of Chinese users, in accordance with relevant regulations of the "Cybersecurity Law," "Data Security Law," and "Personal Information Protection Law," the Cyberspace Administration of China summoned NVIDIA on July 31, 2025, and required NVIDIA to explain the security risks of backdoors in the H20 computing chips sold to China and submit relevant certification materials.
Malaysian Prime Minister: The US Tariff Rates on Malaysian Goods Will Be Announced Tomorrow
It is reported that the Malaysian prime minister said that he had a phone call with US President Trump this morning, and Trump said that he would announce the tariff rates on Malaysian goods on Friday.