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October 9, 2016, 3:25 PM

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Jordan Golson / The Verge:
Three reports of replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7s catching fire have surfaced in the past week  —  It sent a man to the hospital with smoke inhalation injuries  —  Another replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has caught fire, bringing the total to three this week alone.
Jordan Golson / The Verge:
AT&T says it will stop replacing Samsung Galaxy Note7s while new fire reports are being investigated; owners can exchange Note7s for other smartphones  —  AT&T is discontinuing all sales and exchanges of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones following a number of fires caused by supposedly …
Billy Steele / Engadget:
After Samsung Galaxy Southwest Airlines incident, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile now offer exchange options for Note7 replacement models  —  A replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 started smoking and burned through the carpet on board a Southwest flight this week.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Leaked Microsoft videos show redesigned Paint app for Windows 10 with support for 3D objects  —  Microsoft is building a Windows 10 version of its famous Paint tool.  While the software maker has barely updated Paint in recent releases of Windows, the new Paint app will be completely overhauled.
New York Times:
US government officially blames Russia for hacking Democratic National Committee to “interfere with the US election process”  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday formally accused the Russian government of stealing and disclosing emails from the Democratic National Committee …
New York Times:
Sources: Fidelity Investments led institutional shareholder campaign against Twitter acquisition; one source says potential deal has been halted  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The investor pressure began building on Marc Benioff, chief executive of Salesforce.com, two weeks ago.
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
With many NetSuite shareholders opposing a deal, Oracle extends stock tender deadline until Nov. 4, says it'll walk away if independent shareholders won't sell  —  Oracle is playing an unusual game of chicken with the shareholders of NetSuite.  On Friday, Oracle extended the deadline …

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