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Mobility
Uber to let parents view live video during teen rides
Uber will add a feature to teen accounts that lets parents or guardians briefly view live video from a driver’s smartphone front camera during a ride. The feature requires driver consent and notifies the teen and the driver when video is being viewed. Uber said access is limited to the linked parent or guardian and stops automatically at the end of the trip. It said encrypted recordings are kept and deleted after 14 days unless needed for safety investigations.
Crypto
Kansas University jersey XRP logo row persists; former Ripple CTO says it is free speech
A debate is growing over the appearance of the XRP logo on Kansas University sports uniforms and how far campuses should allow cryptocurrency advertising. Blockchain outlet U.Today reported that former Ripple chief technology officer David Schwartz rejected calls to ban the ads, saying such restrictions would be hard to sustain under the U.S. Constitution. He cited First Amendment protections for commercial speech and referenced U.S. Supreme Court rulings involving liquor and gambling advertising.
Crypto
U.S. senators press to stop CFTC encroachment on state oversight of prediction markets
Seventeen Democratic U.S. senators asked the Senate to prevent the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from using federal funds for lawsuits involving prediction markets. They urged appropriators to block spending on litigation against state gaming regulators. The lawmakers said Chairman Michael Selig is asserting exclusive CFTC authority and infringing on state powers by treating event contracts as swaps. They warned the approach could let online prediction markets bypass state consumer protection and oversight.