Samsung is going to brick your Galaxy Note 7; Obama orders deep dive into Russian election hacking, and more news

Samsung will release an update to brick every Galaxy Note 7 still in the wild. This is a "final showdown" over the once-hot smartphone that catches fire; Samsung has already limited charging to 60% and pops up a Surrender! message every time you turn one on. The company has only retrieved 93% of the recalled units, so they've declared war. But Verizon isn't playing ball: "We do not want to make it impossible to contact family, first responders or medical professionals in an emergency situation."

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Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn is the "leading candidate" for director of the White House National Economic Council, the Wall Street Journal reports. That would deposit prominent bankers in the Trump administration's top two economic posts and "further solidify a marked tilt toward wealthy bankers and business people — as well as former top military brass." (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)

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Rudy Giuliani, one of Donald Trump's most loyal campaign surrogates, is out of the running for an administration job. Officially, the outspoken former NYC mayor took himself out, but Giuliani was perhaps too outspoken in his pursuit of Secretary of State. And Joe Scarborough, a well-connected Republican cable show host on MSNBC, openly declared him unfit for the job. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)

President Obama ordered a "full review" of what US intelligence agencies believe was a "broad covert Russian operation" to discredit the election, the Washington Post reports. Senior lawmakers have been briefed about the hacking by Russia — disputed by candidate Trump — and this has prompted a number "to press for more information to be made public." In a leaked assessment by the CIA, that agency concluded the Russians were vying for Trump to win, not just to "undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system."

Major US equities markets closed at record highs, capping their week since the election. The Dow, Nasdaq and the S&P 500 all rose every day this week — the first time since 2011. "It's a great time; everyone's having fun," Sean O'Hara, director at Pacer Financial, told CNBC. "But people need to remember that bull markets don't end on pessimism; they end in euphoria."

Cover Art: Several Samsung Galaxy Note 7s lay on a counter in plastic bags after they were returned to a Best Buy on September 15, 2016 in Orem, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty)