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whoa I was gone for a while sort of forgot what this place look like but tech news kept chugging along and first up is some pretty sweet-looking hardware and that sweet look and hardware is the honor magic it's now official but first the bad news this phone is only slated to be sold in huawei's home country of China it will be available from several retailers including the Mall JDT Mall and sunning it's possible that honor will bring the magic to other markets but there's no official statement on the matter but the honor magic is supposed to feature some interesting AI elements one of these standout features is the wise screen which combines a sensor in its frame and an infrared sensor in the front-facing camera what exactly does this do when the owner of the honor Magic picks up the phone the frame sensor and the camera are supposed to recognize the owners hands and eyes which then turns on the screen when the phone is put down by the owner or put away in the pocket the screen is supposed to turn off in one second another feature is called face code intelligent recognition any message notifications on your phone will only reveal themselves to pre-registered faces that means you shouldn't have to worry about anyone picking up your phone and seeing messages they're not supposed to see now let's talk everyone's favorite topic Google specifically Google driverless cars Google has just announced that it plans to spin off its self-driving car project into a standalone company called lame-o the new company stands for quote a new way forward in mobility according to John Kasich CEO of way moe this news corroborates early reports that Google would drop its plan to build vehicles with no steering wheels or pedals the reports noted that Google would instead focus on the technology powering these cars that can be installed in third-party vehicles God dang Google you're smart that's smart way Moe isn't completely ditching its dream to create a fully driverless vehicle without steering wheels and pedals though craft succes that back in October 2015 one of fully driverless cars without steering wheels or pedals drove around in quote everyday traffic on the streets of Austin Texas while Google now way Moe has certainly accomplished a great deal in the self-driving car space there's still a ton of work to be done Demetri dolgoff head of self-driving tech at way Moe says the next steps are to build better Maps make ride smoother and to improve navigation in harsh conditions like heavy rain and snow because if we've learned anything over the past 20 years is that the true power is in the software not the hardware that can be commoditized over time there's a reason Google is Google well if you all thought that Pokemon Go was a big deal SuperMario run is set to be shy I got to pay for that on its first day of release SuperMario run raked in 5 million off 5 million installs according to a new report from mobile app insights firm sensor tower these figures put it ahead of even Pokemon go in terms of first-day performance although it must be noted that Pokemon go was only available in select regions at first and that Super Mario run has only seen an iOS release so far analysts have already predicted that Super Mario run will see 50 million installs in its first month of release which will only be on iOS devices due to Nintendo's exclusivity agreement with Apple but when the game eventually lands on Android the install rate will explode hey Android army chase here it's been a while since we've had these chats I've been away for a while on vacation I had to take a break from the great white north I was in Bahamas and Florida and other hot places having a great time but I am back now on the Android beat if you want to follow me and chat it up some more you can follow me on Twitter and Instagram right there