A new update will finally kill the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 once and for all

The last remaining Galaxy Note 7 phones that haven't been returned will finally be put out of their misery.

Samsung's planning to issue a software update that'll disable remaining Note 7 phones from charging at all, according to a report from Yonhap News Agency.

Samsung will reportedly push the update out later this month, and it will cripple the remaining 3-4 percent of Note 7 phones still in use worldwide, mostly in South Korea. 

Earlier this year, Samsung said 97 percent of Note 7 devices had been recalled in the U.S. and 96 percent worldwide. Read more...