Krstar Evening News | Huawei unveils Ascend chip evolution and goals for the next three years: 950PR to be launched in Q1 next year; Tesla is redesigning the controversial door handles; The box office of "731" exceeded 136 million yuan today, making it the champion of the total number of screenings on the opening day in the history of the Chinese mainland film industry.

Large companies:

Meta Launches Smart Glasses with a Screen and Integrated AI Features Priced at $799

Meta is trying to make its smart glasses product line a must - have. The company launched its first smart glasses with a built - in screen on Wednesday. The latest product is called "Meta Ray - Ban Display" and is priced at $799, with a screen built into the right lens. The screen can display text messages, video call images, turn - by - turn navigation directions on maps, and visual results returned after querying Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) services. (Sina Finance)

The cumulative downloads of Baidu PaddleOCR have exceeded 9 million

36Kr learned that recently, Baidu introduced its latest lightweight text recognition model, PP-OCRv5, on its overseas official account. This model only has 0.07B parameters and achieves OCR accuracy comparable to that of large models with 700 billion parameters with only one-thousandth of the parameter quantity. It is understood that since its open - source release in 2020, the cumulative downloads of PaddleOCR have exceeded 9 million, and it has been directly or indirectly used in more than 5.9k open - source projects. It is the only Chinese OCR project on the GitHub community with over 50k stars.

Lucky Coffee: Over 70 Stores in Beijing, Over 1,000 Newly Signed Stores for Two Consecutive Months

36Kr learned that recently, the number of stores of Lucky Coffee, a freshly ground coffee brand under the Mixue Group, has reached 70 in Beijing. It is understood that in July, the number of newly signed stores of Lucky Coffee nationwide exceeded 1,200, setting a new monthly record; in August, the number of newly signed stores also exceeded 1,000. As of the end of August, the number of Lucky Coffee stores nationwide exceeded 8,200.

Huawei Unveils World's Most Powerful Computing Supernodes and Clusters

36Kr learned that at the Huawei Connect 2025, Xu Zhijun, the vice chairman and rotating chairman of Huawei, announced the world's most powerful computing supernodes and clusters. Xu Zhijun believes that a supernode is physically composed of multiple machines but functions as one in terms of machine learning, thinking, and reasoning. Huawei has launched the latest supernode products, the Atlas 950 SuperPoD and Atlas 960 SuperPoD supernodes, which support 8,192 and 15,488 Ascend chips respectively. Based on these supernodes, Huawei has also released the world's most powerful supernode clusters, namely the Atlas 950 SuperCluster and Atlas 960 SuperCluster. Their computing power scales exceed 500,000 chips and reach one million chips respectively. Xu Zhijun stated that Huawei is confident in providing sustainable and sufficient computing power for the long - term and rapid development of artificial intelligence with these world - leading supernodes and clusters.

Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian is advancing its plan to build a factory in Georgia, USA, with the goal of starting production in 2028

On September 16 local time, Rivian, an American electric vehicle manufacturer, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its factory in Georgia. The first - phase project is expected to start next year, and it is planned to start producing customer vehicles in 2028. After the completion of the second - phase project, the annual production capacity of the factory is expected to reach up to 400,000 vehicles. The investment in the new factory could reach billions of dollars, and it is expected to create 7,500 jobs by 2030. (Jiemian)

Huawei Unveils Ascend Chip Evolution and Goals for the Next Three Years: 950PR to Be Launched in Q1 Next Year

On September 18th, Xu Zhijun, the rotating chairman of Huawei, first announced the evolution and goals of Ascend chips at the Huawei Connect Conference. He said that in the next three years, Huawei has planned multiple Ascend chips, including 950PR, 950DT, Ascend 960, and Ascend 970. Among them, the 950PR will be launched in the first quarter of 2026, and this chip adopts Huawei's self - developed HBM. (Yicai Global)

Tesla is redesigning the door handles that have been plagued by safety controversies

Tesla's design director, Franz von Holzhausen, said in an interview that Tesla is redesigning its door handle system, which has been plagued by safety controversies. The new design aims to allow passengers to operate the doors more intuitively in "emergency situations". Earlier this week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched an investigation into the door defects of some Tesla models, involving approximately 174,000 problematic vehicles. The NHTSA said that since 2018, it has received more than 140 consumer complaints about Tesla models' doors getting stuck, failing to open, or having other malfunctions, including multiple casualties caused by the inability to open the doors after a power outage. (Cailian Press)

Investment and financing:

"Arctic Core Micro" Completes Over 100 Million Yuan Series A Financing

36Kr learned that recently, "Arctic Core Micro" announced the successful completion of a Series A financing round exceeding 100 million yuan. This round of financing was led by CMBC International, with joint investments from United Opto-Electronics, Xingchen Technology, Optics Valley Talent Fund, and existing shareholder Guohua Investment.

New Products:

KeLing AI Digital Human Launched, Supports Up to 1-Minute Video Generation

36Kr learned that recently, KeLing AI launched a brand - new digital human function. By providing a character image along with a piece of text or audio, users can generate a 1080p/48FPS digital human video with a maximum duration of 1 minute. It is reported that this digital human relies on the deep integration of multi - modal understanding and video generation models to achieve precise lip - sync and fine control of emotional movements. It supports multiple types of characters and multiple languages including English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. With membership discounts, the lowest price is only $0.12 per second, significantly lowering the industry threshold and suitable for scenarios such as advertising, e - commerce, and education. Currently, the product's public beta is being gradually opened.

Today's Views:

DeepSeek: DeepSeek has never asked users to make payments to personal accounts or non-official accounts

36Kr has learned that DeepSeek has issued a statement stating that recently, some lawbreakers have impersonated the "DeepSeek" company or its employees, forged work permits, business licenses and other materials, and charged users fees on multiple platforms in the name of "computing power leasing" and "equity financing" to commit fraud. This behavior seriously infringes on the rights and interests of users and damages the company's reputation. Now, we solemnly declare: 1. DeepSeek has never asked users to make payments to personal accounts or non-official accounts. Any request for private transfer is a fraud; 2. Any act of using the company's name to carry out "computing power leasing", "financing", etc. is illegal, and legal liability will be pursued in accordance with the law.

Elon Musk on Terawatt - scale Data Centers: Solar Energy/Batteries Will Be the Only Option

While the goal of gigawatt - scale data centers has not been achieved yet, Elon Musk has already started discussing terawatt - scale data centers, highlighting the ambition of this American tech tycoon in the field of artificial intelligence. An X user posted, "xAI currently has natural gas turbines with a capacity of 460 megawatts installed, operational, or under construction... xAI will be the first company to reach 1000 megawatts (1 gigawatt) at a single data center site." Musk responded, "1 gigawatt is still a piece of cake. For a continuous high - power output of 100 gigawatts (about 1/5 of the average power consumption in the United States), it may need to be powered by solar energy/batteries. Above 1 terawatt (1000 gigawatts), solar energy/batteries are the only realistic option." (Sina Finance)

Other Noteworthy News:

State Post Bureau: The business revenue of the postal industry reached 142.99 billion yuan in August, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%

36Kr learned that the State Post Bureau released the operation situation of the postal industry in August 2025. In August, the business revenue of the postal industry (excluding the direct business revenue of the Postal Savings Bank) reached 142.99 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%. Among them, the revenue of express delivery services reached 118.96 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.2%. In August, the volume of postal delivery services reached 17.62 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 10.5%. Among them, the volume of express delivery services reached 16.15 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%. From January to August, the cumulative business revenue of the postal industry reached 1,161.06 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. Among them, the cumulative revenue of express delivery services reached 958.37 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%. From January to August, the cumulative volume of postal delivery services reached 139.92 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 15.5%. Among them, the cumulative volume of express delivery services reached 128.2 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 17.8%.

"731" Box Office Exceeds 136 Million Yuan Today, Becoming the Champion of Total Screenings on the Opening Day in Mainland China's Film History

36Kr learned that the movie "731" was officially released today. According to data from the Maoyan professional platform, as of 9:30, the box office today has exceeded 136 million yuan, making it the champion of total single - film screenings in a single day and the champion of total screenings on the opening day in Mainland China's film history.