It looks like Windows Phone is really, truly dead, SpaceX has another successful launch and Snapchat's art initiative gets "vandalized." All that and more in The Daily Crunch for October 9, 2017. (In case you're wondering: Darrell Etherington is out for Canadian Thanksgiving, which is totally a real thing.)

1. This is not a drill: Microsoft admits Windows Phone is dead for real

Joe Belfiore, the head of Microsoft's Windows division, said that the company isn't working on any new hardware or software for its smartphone, although there will still be security updates.

The demise of Windows Phone's isn't exactly a big surprise, but this very public admission seems to put the final nail in the coffin. Moving forward, the company's mobile strategy will likely continue to revolve around building iOS and Android apps.

2. SpaceX successfully launches 14th Falcon 9 rocket in 2017

The first stage booster has been recovered, and just over an hour after the original launch, SpaceX confirmed that it had successfully deployed each of the Iridium NEXT satellites into their desired orbits. Though maybe the bigger news for founder Elon Musk is the fact he was just immortalized on Star Trek: Discovery.

3. Uber shutters UberPop in Norway, says it hopes for law change

UberPop is one of the brands that the company uses in Europe for its lowest cost ride-hailing service. However, it's been banned in many European cities.

4. GitLab raises $20M Series C round led by GV

The company now sees its mission to "develop a seamless, integrated product for modern software developers and become the application for software development in Kubernetes."

5. Walmart launches Mobile Express Returns to refund or exchange online items in physical stores

People who purchase items online and then need to return them can do so by logging them on the Walmart app, generating a QR code for the transaction, and then walking into a physical Walmart store to return or exchange the items quickly.

6. Nintendo's mini SNES has already been hacked to run more games

Cluster, the Russian coder who originally cracked the NES Classic Edition, has now figured out how to side-load more games to the SNES CE through his Hakchi tool.

7. Jeff Koons' augmented reality Snapchat artwork gets 'vandalized'

A group of New York-based artists mocked-up a "vandalized" version of Jeff Koon's AR Balloon Dog as a way to highlight the criticism around Snapchat's AR art initiative.