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• Apple reveals more than 100 car models that support CarPlay

  Apple today released an updated list of car models that support its iPhone-mirroring API CarPlay, but the list excludes some major car makers -- at least for now.

• Car and pedestrian collision? There'll soon be an app for that

  A safety system that ties cars and smartphones together to stop those heart-stopping near misses between cars and pedestrians could be standardized by the end of this year.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, July 27

  Facebook prevails in IPO lawsuit... Jeep hack prompts recall of 1.4 million vehicles... Kill switch isn't killing phone theft... and more tech news

• Honda's trippy Dream Drive is an awesome use of virtual reality

  As I climbed into the Honda Pilot SUV, I didn't have high hopes.

• Hyundai becomes first to use Android Auto in production cars

  Hyundai today announced it will begin using Android Auto in vehicles this year, making it the first carmaker to enable vehicles to mirror a connected Android smartphone to the car's dashboard infotainment system.

• Fukushima disaster spurs Japan to mass-produce its own drones

  Japan has robot chops aplenty. Honda has the world's most sophisticated humanoid robot, Japanese industrial robot makers are among the best, and the country's space agency landed a robot probe on a speeding asteroid and returned samples to Earth.

• Google may launch Android Auto, making your car a big mobile device

  Google may be planning to launch a version of Android Auto for vehicle infotainment centers -- also known as head units -- that will eliminate the need for a smartphone to be connected, giving native access to the Internet and mobile applications.

• Here's why hydrogen-fueled cars aren't little Hindenburgs

  For all the volatility of a gas like hydrogen, which combusts with one-tenth the energy required for gasoline, fuel cell vehicles are safer than internal combustion engines, according to industry experts.

• Flurry of hydrogen fuel cell cars challenge all-electric vehicles

  At the L.A. Auto Show this week, leading car makers revealed their plans for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which use the most common molecule in the universe for power and release only water vapor as exhaust.

• Carmakers promise they'll protect driver privacy -- really

  The world's 19 biggest automakers <a href="https://www.globalautomakers.org/topic/privacy">have agreed to principles</a> they say will protect driver privacy in an electronic age where in-vehicle computers collect everything from location and speed to what smartphone you use.

• Honda rolls out pedestrian detection for Legend sedan

  Honda is enhancing its smart car technology with a system that can detect pedestrians and nearby vehicles.

• In Pictures: The wacky side of Ceatec

  Sandwiched between the IFA and CES electronics trade shows, Japan's Ceatec is fighting to stay relevant. But while the number of vendors at this year's Ceatec was down to 547 from 587 last year, with the notable absence of Sony, there was no shortage of unusual sights and exhibits. From sign-language androids to smartphone-controlled dinosaurs and table tennis robots, here's a look at the wacky site of the technology expo just outside of Tokyo

• Carmakers put Apple's CarPlay in the slow lane

  Some car manufacturers are delaying their rollout of CarPlay, the software platform from Apple that synchronizes an iPhone to a vehicle's infotainment system.

• Researchers to name the most hackable cars at Black Hat

  A report to be released at Black Hat this week will reveal which vehicles are more susceptible to hackers.

• Like Amazon, other firms want permission to fly drones

  Amazon made headlines this month when it sought permission from the U.S. government to test its drone-based delivery service, but it's far from the only company that's applied for such approval.