People around the world depend on their EpiPen to work in the case of life-threatening allergic reactions. But two people recently found out the hard way that their EpiPens were faulty. As a result, the makers of EpiPen are recalling over 81,000 EpiPens in Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Japan.

If you own a Note 7, you should trade it in pronto. Samsung issued a recall after some phones were exploding due to a short in the battery. If that's not enough to motivate you to hand it over, though, Samsung might gimp your battery.

Samsung has announced it will recall its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone due to fire-prone batteries. Sales of new units are currently halted as well.

An "unsatisfactory" response to a national recall of various models of Samsung top loader washing machines has prompted the company to redouble its efforts to raise awareness of the issue. Some six models are affected -- according to Samsung, they can pose a fire risk if left unattended.