It's Wednesday, November 02, 2016. Hey, good morning! You're looking great.  It's the start of hump day, and you may have missed Google revealing unpatched Windows 10 bugs, the truth about the dark web and (in cheerier news) our beautiful Engadget Holiday Gift Guide. We also take a closer look at Xiaomi's plan to become more than just the king of budget smartphones. It's always good to find bugs in the competition  Google announced that it had found previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in both Windows and Flash last month, and while Adobe had fixed its issue by October 26th, Microsoft has yet to do so. Worse still, Google says that hackers are "actively exploiting" the flaw. Microsoft responded by saying that enhancements from the Windows 10 Anniversary Update protected computers from this vulnerability. There is, however, a patch coming on November 8th. | | Holidays are here (again)  A hundred and twenty of them, in fact. It's our biggest guide ever, separated into ten categories, divided further by price. The aim is to offer suggestions for pretty much every reader. Or relative of an Engadget reader. Hopefully. Take a dive. | | eSports continues its march  Given its continued growth, it's not surprising that Facebook is showing increased interest in professional gaming. The social network has already partnered with publishers like Activision Blizzard to bring daily content to Facebook Live, but now it's apparently been holding talks to stream professional gaming matches with companies like Super Evil Megacorp. Facebook is in talks with Activision to acquire streaming rights to more eSport competitions -- putting it in direct competition with other streamers like YouTube and Twitch. | | It must be doing something right The company's ludicrous Mi MIX phone didn't happen overnight. Here's how the company (with some Philippe Starck magic) managed to make a device with a near-bezel-less display and fancy ceramic body -- and why it did it. | | Time to get political Not happy with the current choices for president? Engadget interviewed Transhumanist Party candidate Zoltan Istvan about his platform, which is "putting science, health and technology at the forefront of American politics." | | It doesn't dance  The $499 Lenovo Phab 2 Pro is packed with sensors and cameras that let it "see" its environment better than any phone before. Playing "Pokémon Go" is one thing, but Project Tango apps go even further, blending virtual objects with real life or using the phone itself as a precise motion controller. Still, we'll need software that goes beyond furniture shopping or toy car racing to prove Tango is at the must-have level of GPS. | | The follow-up to the Galaxy Note 7 of electric vehicles  Sure, the Fisker Karma will go down as a smoky footnote in EV history, but its creator is back to try again with the EMotion. Henrik Fisker tweeted pictures of this slick design and pie-in-the-sky specs (fully autonomous driving, carbon fiber, 400 miles of range, 161 mph top speed, butterfly doors) while claiming it will start shipping in mid-2017. You probably have a better shot at getting a Model 3. | | But wait, there's more... | | |
