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The war is far from over.

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February is wrapping up but MWC 2018 is still going strong, and we have even more stuff to show you (plus one phone that’s not here but should be.) It’s also time to evaluate Google’s AI-powered Clips camera and…

Life was much easier back in the early 2000s when social media didn’t really exist yet, and where you couldn’t really search for information on someone quite as easily as you can today. However that has changed considerably over the years where something you did a few years ago can still be easily dug up today.

This is where Google’s “Right to be forgotten” feature came in, where Google would remove links from search results that would direct others to such information. In Google’s latest transparency report, the company has revealed that they have received as many as 2.4 million requests to be forgotten since launching it in 2014, and that out of the 2.4 million requests, Google has complied with nearly half of them at 43%.

For those unfamiliar with “Right to be forgotten”, this is where users can request that Google delist websites in its search results that might contain information about them. For example if someone were to be wrongfully accused of a crime and later cleared of all charges, they might have trouble finding a job as potential employers might search for them online and find these old articles.

“Right to be forgotten” will remove the links to such articles in search results, which doesn’t completely wipe them off the internet, but given Google’s reach and influence, should make a difference. Google’s transparency report also reveals that 89% of requests were made by individuals and that the majority involves minors at 40%, followed by companies and politicians at 21% each.

Also what’s interesting about this report is that as pointed out by Gizmodo, there seems to be a number of groups who are filing requests on the behalf of others, suggesting that this seems to have created a new industry of “reputation fixers”.

Google Has Received 2.4 Million ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Requests , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Since we’re all shaped differently, a chair that’s comfortable to someone might not feel comfortable to another person. Sure, you could have custom made furniture, but that will be an incredibly expensive thing to do, unless of course you choose to build it yourself. But what if you have no experience in carpentry?

Thanks to the folks at MIT’s CSAIL, they have created a robot carpenter that will build custom furniture for you. All users have to do is customize ready-made furniture templates and once you’re done, the robot will cut the parts out for you. You will still have to do the assembly yourself, but we reckon that will probably be a much easier job than trying to hack your way around a piece of wood, especially if you have zero experience with these sorts of things.

For now MIT’s AutoSaw system is still very “basic” in the sense that it is limited to household objects such as chairs, desks, and tables, but the hope is that eventually it could be adapted to larger projects, and possibly be used for more complex tasks like drilling and even gluing. Considering that there are robots that can lay bricks faster than humans, we suppose a robot carpenter doesn’t sound completely out of the question.

For those who are interested in seeing the AutoSaw in action, check out MIT CSAIL’s video above.

MIT Develops Robot Carpenter That Can Make Customized Furniture , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

“All In The Family” episode is eerily similar to the president’s call to arm teachers.