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this is CNET and here the stories that mattered in 2016 Samsung made huge waves with the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 the device was highly rated by many publications including CNET however a design flaw led to many reports that Galaxy Note 7 phones were bursting into flames Samsung issued a recall and resumed sales after a pause however the new version of the note 7 suffered similar problems and Samsung will recall the device a second time the company also decided to discontinue the note 7 entirely 2016 solved big acquisitions in the tech market Telecom Verizon agreed to purchase Yahoo for four point eight three billion dollars Microsoft paid twenty six point two billion dollars in cash for business social network LinkedIn then there was the absolutely monstrous deal between AT&T and Time Warner where AT&T agreed to purchase Time Warner for the price of eighty five point four billion dollars in the year also packed some major hacks Yahoo reported it was hit with the worst hack in the history of the world twice the first breach involved over 500 million accounts being compromised back in 2014 the second brief Yahoo disclosed affected over 1 billion accounts that hack occurred in 2013 and in lighter news Pokemon go became a cultural phenomenon Nintendo brought Super Mario to iOS and announced the Nintendo switch console which is coming in March we will see what else is coming in 2017 when CNET heads to the 50th annual Consumer Electronics Show very soon stay up to date with the latest by downloading the scenic tech today app in the Apple App Store