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Un agent IA chinois a trouvé près de 1 000 failles inédites, dont certaines dans Microsoft Office

✇Korben
Vincent Lautier

360 Digital Security, la filiale cybersécurité du géant chinois Qihoo 360, revendique environ mille vulnérabilités inédites déterrées par un agent IA maison baptisé Vulnerability Discovery Agent. 

L'annonce, faite le 22 avril, cite nommément Microsoft Office et le framework open source OpenClaw parmi les logiciels touchés. Le chiffre est donné sur un seul cycle de campagne.

Mille failles non documentées en un seul cycle de recherche, ça fait un peu tourner la tête. Ce type d'agent fonctionne en boucle pour scanner massivement les bases de code, trier ce qui est potentiellement exploitable, et valider les candidats avant publication interne.

Plus tôt dans l'année, 360 avait déjà présenté un autre outil dédié à la construction automatisée de chaînes d'exploitation. L'un déterre les failles, l'autre fabrique le code qui les utilise.

Mis bout à bout, ça donne une ligne de production offensive entièrement pilotée par IA, que l'équipe 360 décrit comme une réponse directe au projet Mythos d'Anthropic, qui fait le même pari côté occidental mais en mode défense.

Le vrai souci, c'est le devenir de ces 1 000 failles. Si toutes ont été remontées aux éditeurs concernés, tant mieux. 360 affirme d'ailleurs avoir utilisé les canaux de divulgation responsables, mais sans publier de calendrier de patch.

Sauf que l'entreprise est connue pour ses liens étroits avec le ministère chinois de la Sécurité d'État, et plusieurs de ses chercheurs ont déjà été soupçonnés par le passé de garder pour l'État ce qu'ils trouvaient. Du coup, l'annonce met les équipes de sécurité occidentales quelque peu en alerte.

Microsoft, qui patche Office tous les mois pour des failles trouvées à la main, va probablement devoir accélérer le rythme si ce genre de scan industriel se généralise. En pratique, la chasse aux vulnérabilités est en train de changer d'échelle.

On passe de quelques failles trouvées par un chercheur humain sur plusieurs semaines à un agent qui en déniche des centaines en quelques jours. Et la logique économique derrière est folle : un seul opérateur bien outillé peut désormais couvrir ce qu'il fallait avant à une équipe complète.

Bref, le mur est tombé côté IA offensive. Et les éditeurs qui patchent à la main ont un vrai problème de cadence face à un scan automatisé à cette échelle.

Source : Bloomberg

Il installe un ordinateur de 1970 dans un bureau IKEA

✇Korben
Korben

Un YouTubeur de la chaîne Usagi Electric vient d'installer un PDP-11 dans un bureau IKEA. Ce mini-ordinateur mythique de Digital Equipment Corporation, qui date des années 70, servait à piloter un spectromètre infrarouge en laboratoire. Plus de cinquante ans après sa fabrication, la machine tourne encore. Et c'est assez beau à voir.

Le PDP-11, un monument

Le PDP-11, c'est un gros morceau d'histoire informatique. Fabriqué par Digital Equipment Corporation à partir de 1970, ce mini-ordinateur 16 bits s'est vendu à environ 600 000 exemplaires dans le monde et a été décliné dans à peu près tous les formats possibles, du rack de laboratoire à la puce en passant par la station de bureau avec ses rangées de voyants clignotants.

C'est sur un PDP-11 que les premières versions diffusées d'Unix ont été développées au début des années 70, après un premier portage sur le PDP-7 qui l'a précédé. Et son architecture a influencé celle du Motorola 68000, et de façon plus indirecte celle du x86 d'Intel. Bref, sans cette machine, vos Mac et vos PC n'auraient pas tout à fait la même tête.

Du laboratoire au bureau IKEA

Dave, le bricoleur derrière la chaîne YouTube Usagi Electric, a récupéré ce PDP-11 qui servait de contrôleur pour un spectromètre infrarouge à transformée de Fourier dans un labo. La machine lui est arrivée en pièces détachées, le bureau d'origine n'ayant pas survécu aux décennies.

Après l'avoir remise en état de marche, Dave a mis des années avant de lui trouver un logement correct. C'est lors d'un réaménagement de son atelier qu'il a fini par construire un bureau sur mesure, à base de contreplaqué de récupération et de ferrures de surplus. Le spectromètre est posé sur la gauche, le PDP-11 est logé à l'intérieur. Niveau esthétique, on repassera, mais ça marche.

60 degrés au repos, quand même

La machine embarque une unité de traitement vectoriel haute performance qui servait à l'analyse spectrale. Le processeur tourne à environ 60 °C au repos, ce qui a poussé Dave à installer deux ventilateurs 120V pour éviter que le tout ne surchauffe.

Autre compromis : l'alimentation linéaire d'origine, bien trop volumineuse pour rentrer dans le bureau, a été remplacée par des alimentations à découpage modernes. C'est le seul écart avec le matériel d'époque, tout le reste de la configuration est d'origine.

Le PDP-11 a plus de 50 ans, il tourne encore, et il est logé dans un meuble qui vaut probablement moins cher que le moindre de ses composants, et j'ai un peu de mal à imaginer mon MacBook dans le même état en 2076.

Source : Hackaday

8 Best Desk Gadgets Every Digital Nomad Quietly Keeps in Their Bag & Finally Deserves a Permanent Home

✇Yanko Design
Srishti Mitra

Most desk setups are inherited. The nomad’s is earned. Everything that makes it into the bag has already passed a strict and largely unconscious test — weight, versatility, the ability to make a stranger’s table feel like a place worth working from. Over months and years of moving between cities, time zones, and co-working spaces, the digital nomad ends up with a carefully curated set of tools that are small by necessity but thoughtful by design.

The interesting thing about these objects is what happens when the travel slows down. When a lease gets signed, a proper desk arrives, and the bag starts being unpacked with more intention. The tools that survived the road do not lose their relevance on a permanent surface. Many of them were built with the kind of considered design that rewards exactly this kind of scrutiny. They look better than most things bought specifically for a home office, hold up longer, and carry the kind of personal history that makes a workspace feel genuinely inhabited. This is for that moment. Eight objects that lived in the bag for a reason, and deserve a permanent home for the same one.

1. OrigamiSwift Folding Mouse

The OrigamiSwift is what happens when industrial design takes portability seriously. Weighing just 40 grams and folding flat to a profile thin enough to slip between notebook pages, it removes the usual tension between compact and comfortable. On a desk, it unfolds in under half a second, snapping into a full-sized ergonomic shape that sits naturally in the hand. For anyone who has suffered through the cramped mechanics of a standard travel mouse, this feels like a genuine upgrade.

The Bluetooth connectivity is quick, and the origami-inspired fold keeps the mechanism tactile enough that using it becomes a small ritual rather than a chore. At the desk, it earns a permanent spot not because it compensates for a lack of options, but because the transformation itself is satisfying. It is the kind of tool that makes you reconsider how you work, and then makes the work feel slightly more considered. Portable by design, permanent by choice.

Click Here to Buy Now: $85.00

What we like

  • Folds to near-invisible thinness at just 4.5mm, making it one of the most carry-friendly mice ever built without compromising on ergonomic full-size comfort
  • Activates in under half a second with a single flip, making the transition from travel bag to working mouse feel immediate and effortless

What we dislike

  • At 40 grams, the lightweight build may feel insubstantial for users accustomed to the heft and resistance of a traditional full-sized mouse
  • Bluetooth-only connectivity means no wired fallback for tasks where even minor wireless latency becomes a frustration

2. Fidget Cube

The Fidget Cube arrived at a time when open-plan offices made visible restlessness a liability and invisible anxiety a norm. Antsy Labs built something straightforward in response: a small cube with six distinct tactile surfaces, each mapped to a different kind of fidget. Click. Glide. Flip. Breathe. Roll. Spin. The vocabulary is simple, the execution is precise, and the result is a desk object that earns its keep without demanding attention from anyone but you.

For digital nomads who have spent years suppressing the impulse to tap or spin something through a long layover or tense client call, the Fidget Cube offers quiet permission. On a permanent desk, it sits within reach without asking for attention. The black and graphite colorways blend cleanly into most setups, looking less like a toy and more like a considered detail. It is not a gimmick. It is self-awareness shaped into an object.

What we like

  • Six distinct tactile surfaces cover a wide range of fidgeting behaviors in a single pocket-sized cube, making it genuinely versatile across different stress responses and focus modes
  • Discreet colorways like Midnight Black and Graphite blend seamlessly into professional setups without drawing unwanted attention in shared or client-facing workspaces

What we dislike

  • The clicking surfaces can produce audible sounds that may distract colleagues in quiet, open-plan, or library-style work environments
  • The cube format offers no digital or productivity-tracking integration for users who want data on their focus habits or stress patterns

3. Nothing Power (1) Battery Bank

Nothing built its reputation on the Glyph interface, a grid of LED lights that turned the back of a phone into a notification display and a design statement. The Power (1) carries that language into a battery bank, using transparent layers, bold light paths, and illuminated interactions to make a utilitarian object feel worth looking at. The design philosophy is direct: good design is not just about appearance, it is about how an object makes you feel when you reach for it.

For a nomad who has charged devices from airport benches and café stools, a power bank is rarely a display piece. The Nothing Power (1) challenges that. Sitting on a desk, the Glyph illumination gives charging status a visual presence that feels more like an ambient display than a simple indicator light. It treats the desk as a stage and every object on it as a conscious choice. Few battery banks have ever earned that kind of consideration.

What we like

  • The Glyph interface turns a charging indicator into a visual experience, making it arguably the only power bank designed to look genuinely intentional, sitting on a desk permanently
  • Transparent design layers reflect Nothing’s ethos of honest, open construction, giving the object a premium quality that stands apart from every other battery bank on the market

What we dislike

  • The Nothing Power (1) is currently a concept design and is not yet available as a finished commercial product
  • Exact battery capacity, output wattage, and pricing remain unconfirmed, making direct comparison with available alternatives difficult at this stage

4. HubKey Gen2

Desk clutter tends to accumulate in layers: a dock for the monitor, an adapter for the second screen, a hub for storage. Somewhere between them sits a tangle of cables that each solves a single problem in isolation. The HubKey Gen2 treats that as a design problem worth solving from the inside out. It is an 11-in-1 USB-C hub with a hardware control surface on top, offering programmable shortcut keys, a central dial, 100W power delivery, and 2.5Gbps Ethernet in a compact cube footprint.

The display support is what separates it from a standard hub. Two HDMI ports, each running a 4K display at 60Hz, mean a laptop becomes a proper dual-monitor workstation without extra adapters. For a nomad settling in, that shift from single-screen café work to a dual-screen editing setup is significant. The shortcut keys and central dial bring a physical control layer to software-heavy workflows, keeping hands on the desk rather than hunting through menus on a trackpad.

What we like

  • Dual 4K HDMI outputs at 60Hz eliminate the need for a separate display dock when transitioning from a travel setup to a full home workstation
  • The programmable shortcut keys and central knob return a satisfying physical dimension to digital workflows, reducing time spent navigating software menus

What we dislike

  • The compact cube form factor may feel crowded once all 11 ports are simultaneously in active use, which limits clean cable management around the unit
  • Fully customizing the shortcut keys requires additional software configuration, adding a setup investment before the productivity benefit becomes fully apparent

5. Rolling World Clock

Keeping track of time zones is one of the quieter friction points of nomadic life. The Rolling World Clock solves it most physically: you roll it. A 12-sided form with each face representing a major timezone city, a single hand reads the local time wherever it lands. London. Tokyo. New York. The gesture is intuitive, and the result is a genuinely useful desk object without trying to be more.

Available in black and white, this is the kind of object that earns its place through curiosity rather than scale. Guests pick it up. Colleagues ask about it. It turns a functional necessity into a small conversation. For the nomad who has lived across time zones and built relationships across continents, there is something quietly satisfying about having those cities represented not on a screen, but held in your hand.

Click Here to Buy Now: $49.00

What we like

  • The tactile rolling interaction makes checking international time a deliberate, physical gesture rather than a reflexive phone unlock
  • Covers 12 major timezone cities in a clean, minimalist form that works equally well as a functional desk piece or a shelf object

What we dislike

  • Limited to 12 preset cities, which may not include every timezone relevant to users with contacts in less commonly represented regions
  • The single analog hand offers general time orientation rather than precise minute-level accuracy, which may not suit users with tight cross-timezone scheduling needs

6. Orbitkey Desk Mat Slim

A desk mat either disappears into the background or it becomes the visual anchor of the entire setup. The Orbitkey Desk Mat Slim is built for the second outcome, designed with the restraint of the first. Made from premium vegan leather on top and 100% recycled PET felt underneath, it layers material integrity with practical function. The anti-slip backing holds the mat planted, while the magnetic cable holder keeps wires from drifting toward the edges, where they become a distraction.

Notes, receipts, and napkin sketches are the inevitable artifacts of nomadic work, and they tend to pile up without a clear home. The document hideaway is the detail that tips this mat from surface to organizer. The slim front pocket keeps loose papers horizontal, accessible, and out of sight. For someone accustomed to a shared café counter or a hotel tray table, this level of surface order feels less like a feature and more like a quiet exhale.

What we like

  • The document hideaway pocket reduces visible desk clutter without adding bulk, making it one of the more intelligent storage details found on any desk mat
  • Vegan leather and recycled PET felt construction deliver both a refined visual quality and a material responsibility that most desk accessories still lack

What we dislike

  • The slim format may feel too narrow for users with wide multi-monitor setups who need significant horizontal coverage across their full desk surface
  • The magnetic cable holder works best with a small number of cables and may become less effective in more heavily wired configurations

7. Flow Timer

The Pomodoro method has been around since the late 1980s, and most people who use it rely on a phone timer or a browser tab. Neither is ideal. The Flow Timer replaces that with something solid. Cast in metal, with dual customizable presets for focus and break intervals, it lives on the desk as a functional timer and an object of intention. The visual arc tells you where you are in the session without a notification or a screen unlock.

For nomads who have long been their own productivity managers, a physical timer brings a different quality of commitment than a screen-based one. The act of setting it is deliberate. The focus-to-break transition is automatic. Sitting in a permanent spot, it becomes a small anchor for the rhythm of the day. Available in three colorways, the Flow Timer is one of those rare accessories that improves both how you work and how the desk looks while you do it.

What we like

  • Automatic switching between focus and break intervals removes the friction of resetting a timer mid-session, keeping the workflow continuous and uninterrupted
  • Solid metal construction and three considered colorways make it an aesthetic desk object as much as a productivity tool

What we dislike

  • The absence of a digital display means reading the visual arc requires a brief adjustment period before the feedback becomes truly instinctive
  • As a dedicated single-function device, it competes for surface space against multi-purpose tools in more minimal or compact desk setups

8. Memento Business Card Log

There is a specific quality to the business cards that collect at the bottom of a travel bag. Each one marks a moment, a conversation, a person worth remembering. The Memento Business Card Log was made for exactly this. Designed by Re+g, a Japanese brand with roots in thoughtful stationery craft, it holds up to 120 cards with a dedicated handwriting space beside each one for a characteristic, a date, or a detail that brings the memory back clearly.

The two-point slit system keeps cards secure without sleeves or adhesive, and the special binding allows pages to be easily reordered as professional relationships evolve. For a nomad building a network across cities and industries, this is the kind of object that earns its desk placement not through technology but through intention. It is a record of everywhere you have been and everyone who mattered enough to keep. That is rare, and the design knows it.

Click Here to Buy Now: $35.00

What we like

  • The two-point slit system and reorderable binding make the organization genuinely flexible, allowing the log to grow and shift alongside a professional network over time
  • Handwritten note spaces beside each card transform a simple storage product into a meaningful personal archive of the conversations that shaped a career on the road

What we dislike

  • A maximum of 120 cards may feel limiting for high-volume networkers who accumulate contacts rapidly across multiple cities, conferences, and industries
  • The analog format, while entirely intentional, offers no digital sync or search capability for users who need to cross-reference contacts across devices

These Gadgets Were Never Just for the Bag

There is a moment in every nomad’s life when the bag starts feeling less like freedom and more like a deadline. When the tools that carried you through airports and co-working spaces deserve something more settled. These eight objects were always portable by design, but built with the kind of intention that reads just as well on a permanent desk. Good design does not ask where it is. It just works.

The idea here is not to stop moving. It is to stop treating permanence as a downgrade. A folding mouse, a tactile timer, a rolling clock, a mat that holds your cables and your notes — taken together, they form a desk that feels chosen rather than assembled. The nomad who gives these a home is not giving anything up. They are just finally working somewhere worthy of the tools they already carry.

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