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Samsung tried to spin the Note 7 disaster into gold at its Note 8 event

From time to time, Samsung strikes advertising pay dirt. Earlier this year, the company had a pretty good spot when it stuck a Gear VR on an ostrich’s head. But it’s a tough gig — particularly w

Samsung plans to recover 157 tonnes of rare metals, including gold, from Galaxy Note 7s

Samsung Electronics announced today that it will recycle parts from Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, which gained notoriety last year after a battery defect caused several to burst into flame. The company s

Samsung will sell a refurbished version of the Note 7 to address environmental concerns

The final chapter of Samsung’s lengthy Note 7 saga apparently has yet to be written. Following pressure from environmental groups that culminated with a on-site protester at the company’s Mobile W

South Korea will increase battery safety regulation in wake of Note 7 fiasco

Late last month, Samsung continued its prolonged Note 7 apology tour with a global press conference detailing months of internal and third-party research, coupled withplans to increase its safety meas

Samsung records highest profit jump in 3 years

Samsung today recorded its biggest leap in profits for three years,up 50 percent year-on-year, showing that there is far more to the company than the Galaxy Note 7 saga.

Samsung details Note 7 battery findings and highlights future safety measures

After explosions, recalls, and months of bad press, Samsung is attempting to put the drawn out Galaxy Note 7 saga behind it once and for all, with the long-promised official release of the findings of

Samsung reportedly concludes ‘irregularly sized’ batteries caused Galaxy Note 7 explosions

Samsung is holding a press conference in three days to explain the defect in the Galaxy Note 7 that forced the product's recall, but already it is being reported that wrongly-sized batteries were the

Samsung is holding a press conference on January 23 to announce its Note 7 findings

Samsung tonight confirmed that it’s chosen January 23 to announce the long-awaited findings into its investigation surrounding the Galaxy Note 7. The date had been floated earlier this week in a sto

Airlines can now stop making those pre-flight warnings about the Galaxy Note 7

Good news for those getting tired of hearing Galaxy Note 7 warnings before every flight they take, those pre-flight announcements can now cease of today.

Samsung forecasts 50% profit jump despite Galaxy Note 7 saga

Samsung had a pretty dire last quarter of business as profits sunk by 30 percent thanks primarily to the recall of the Galaxy Note 7. There's some New Year cheer, however, with news that the Korean fi

Verizon is letting Samsung brick the Note 7 after all, but waiting until after the holidays

About a week ago, Samsung announced that it was finally ready to be done with this whole Note 7 situation, once and for all. The company issued a release stating that it would issue a software update

The Galaxy Note 7 is getting a 30 percent charging limit in the U.K., not a full bricking (yet)

On Friday, Samsung loudly confirmed its plans to push a software update that would kill U.S.-based Note 7s’ ability to charge — effectively rendering them useless when not plugged directly int

Verizon won’t push Samsung’s Note 7 bricking update, but the other carriers will

Early this morning Samsung announced plans to finally extinguish the on-going fire that is the Note 7 once and for all here in the States by way of a software update that won’t allow the troubled ph

Samsung is really, really sorry about the Galaxy Note 7 and plans to ‘do better’

Samsung is no doubt eager to put this whole Note 7 situation behind it as quickly as possible. In fact, the company apparently can’t stop talking up the Galaxy S8, even though that device is still a

Samsung will release a software update to stop unreturned Note 7s from charging above 60%

This morning Samsung announced that it was issuing a voluntary recall to address some 700-plus reports of malfunctioning top-loading washing machines, including one very unfortunate case of a broken j

Samsung is cutting the Note 7’s access to mobile networks in New Zealand

No one can claim there hasn’t been ample warning. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 saga dragged out over multiple months, encompassing two recalls, several travel bans and then, ultimately, the untimely en

Samsung’s profit plummets 30% following the Galaxy Note 7 crisis

The struggle is real for Samsung. The Korean electronics giant's operating profit plunged 30 percent year-on-year as the effects of the Galaxy Note 7 crisis begin to take a financial toll.

Obama roasts Samsung over burning phones

The president just made a joke about Samsung's ongoing exploding-phone problem during a speech. If this isn't peak Note 7, I don't know what is.

The CPSC officially recalls all Note 7 devices, citing 23 new reports since first recall

When we detailed the brief ascent and prolonged decline of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 saga the other day, we noted that there were still some loose ends to tie up. One of the bigger threads was the US

Samsung offers U.S. Note 7 owners $100 to buy another Samsung

After the flaming disaster of the defective Galaxy Note 7, which earlier this week drove Samsung to nix production of the device for good, the South Korean electronics giant is upping its damage limit
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