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Stunned man after adoptive friend home leads to 'embarrassing' request: 'Breaks my mind'

A young man was at a loss for words after a friend tried to charge him $2.47 ($A3.57) for fuel after dropping him home. Peter and his roommate, from New York City, took a ride home from a friend named “Julia”. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Woman charging a friend $2.47 for fuel For more Lifestyle related news and videos check out Lifestyle >> The next day, Peter receives a text from Julia saying she will send him a payment request for the trip. “I need to charge you $2.47 for driving you home last night lmao (laughs),” the text from Julia read. “Also is Venmo your roommate? Gas is very expensive hehe don’t blame me, blame Biden!!!!” Peter said a friend tried to charge him $2.47 for fuel after dropping him home. Credit: peterpribylpierdinock/TikTok Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, is an American mobile payment service that allows users to send and receive money quickly. In a TikTok video, Peter says: “Friends of friends are getting too bold. “Apparently Biden drove us home last nig

Human-like robots trick people into thinking they have a mind of their own

Study co-author Agnieszka Wykowska poses with the “self-aware” iCub robot. (Image credit: Italian Institute of Technology) (opens in a new tab) A human-like robot that has been programmed to interact socially with human companions is tricking people into thinking that mindless machines are self-aware, according to a new study. The digital cheater, which the researchers dubbed the “iCub,” is a child-sized humanoid robot created by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa to study social interactions between humans and robots. This state-of-the-art Android, which is 3.6 feet (1.1 meters) tall, has a human-like face, camera eyes that can maintain eye contact with people, and 53 degrees of freedom that allow it to complete complex tasks and mimic human behavior. Researchers can program iCubs to act very much like humans, as demonstrated in his 2016 appearance on Italy Has Talent (opens in a new tab) when the robot performs Tai Chi moves and wows the judges with its wit