Like Apple and Google, Roku reportedly wants to begin streaming videos on devices made or controlled by rivals. “Roku’s first foray into streaming on third-party hardware will likely involve mobile devices,” Variety reports, citing sources. “The move could further accelerate Roku’s efforts to transition from a hardware-revenue-based to a services-based business model.”

The president just signed an executive order that, as the San Francisco Chronicle reports, “creates a government-monitored pilot program to allow companies to prove drones can be operated safely.” As such, it “smoothed the way for companies like Alphabet and Amazon to ramp up testing of drones for package deliveries and other commercial uses in the United States.”

Following an official policy change, Reddit is cracking down on Nazi and white supremacist subreddits. The change banned material that “encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or a group of people,” The Verge reports, citing the actual policy. “This is a noteworthy shift for Reddit, which was reticent to ban almost any non-illegal material until 2015.”

After announcing a partnership this past summer, Apple and Cochlear are unveiling their first co-created product. “Cochlear has released its Made for iPhone Nucleus 7 Sound Processor in Australia and it will soon come to other countries,” 9to5Mac reports. “The product is designed for users with profound hearing loss, as we explained back in July.”

Amazon is inviting customers to access premium subscription content via Alexa. In turn, “Amazon says it’s now opening up a way for third-party developers to make money from their voice apps, known as skills, on its Alexa platform,” TechCrunch writes. “This is the first time third-party developers will be able to implement a direct means of monetizing their skills themselves.”

Microsoft is terminating its Xbox Kinect video game sensor. For now, however, “It will allow retailers to continue selling the game sensor until their stock runs out,” Fortune reports.  Microsoft has so far sold around 35 million Kinect units since the game's launch in late 2010, according to Fortune.

Honolulu has started fining people up to $99 for staring at their smartphones while crossing city streets. “The bill, which comes into force today after being rubber stamped by the Hawaiian city’s mayor in July, states that ‘no pedestrian shall cross a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic device,’” The Guardian reports.

Amazon is rolling out a new shipping service that lets customers receive packages inside their homes. “The program, called Amazon Key, marks what may be biggest push by any company to spur in-home delivery,” CNet writes. “Amazon Key works with the company’s new Cloud Cam security camera, a smart door lock and the new Key app.”

Two hundred and eighty metro areas across the country submitted proposals to have Amazon’s second headquarters build in their region. “The numbers are higher than many previous estimates, illustrating the intense interest in landing Amazon’s $5 billion second headquarters campus,” GeekWire writes. “According to Amazon’s request for proposals, the HQ2 announcement will come sometime in 2018 and construction will begin in 2019.”

As part of an update to its iOS app, Snapchat will now let users share links from other apps via the iOS share sheet -- “allowing you to send a private message with the link to one or several people,” TechCrunch writes. Also, “Rather than just turning live location sharing on or off permanently, you now can opt to hide in ‘Ghost Mode’ for 3 or 24 hours.”