Melania Trump wears 'I really don't care' coat on migrant visit
Washington, June 22 : US First Lady Melania Trump has been criticised for the choice of her coat worn on a trip to a migrant child detention centre in Texas.
Melania Trump was spotted in the coat, which featured graffiti writing on the back with the words "I really don't care do u?", as she boarded a plane, BBC reported on Thursday.
Her spokeswoman said "there was no hidden message" in the former fashion model's sartorial choice.
The $39 jacket from Zara has caused an uproar on social media.
US President Donald Trump later tweeted that his wife's coat "refers to the Fake News Media". Twitter users were quick to criticise the first lady's jacket faux pas and the not-so-hidden message.
One user made the point the jacket would likely have been received far better online, had it been worn on any other occasion.
Hours after the photo of her departure outfit went viral, she again donned the jacket to disembark the plane at an Air Force base outside Washington.
She ignored question from reporters as she entered the presidential motorcade.
Melania Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham lambasted US media on Twitter for focusing on her fashion choice.
Trump was not seen wearing the coat when she first arrived in Texas, but had it on again when she returned to Washington.
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B'luru techies trick Apple's OS, use airpods hack to create hearing aids for grandmothers
Bengaluru: Three young tech enthusiasts from Bengaluru have devised an innovative method to bypass geographical restrictions on Apple’s AirPods Pro 2, enabling a hearing aid feature unavailable in India.
The feature, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September and available in over 100 countries, remains blocked in India. When 24-year-old Rithwik Jayasimha purchased AirPods Pro 2 for his grandmother, he discovered the restriction. Determined to find a workaround, he joined forces with his school friends, Arnav Bansal and Rithwik Ribhu, both of whom also had grandmothers dependent on hearing aids.
At a lab in Koramangala, the trio developed a solution using a Faraday Cage made of aluminium foil, copper mesh, a microwave, and an ESP32 chip. The cage blocked Wi-Fi signals, while the chip allowed them to spoof the AirPods' location to San Francisco using an open-source Wi-Fi location database. This geo-spoofing tricked Apple’s operating system into activating the hearing aid feature.
According to Jayasimha, the feature is significantly more user-friendly and advanced compared to traditional hearing aids. "With these AirPods, I could adjust settings like sound loudness and brightness easily, eliminating the need for audiologist visits," he said.
The self-taught innovators have already helped over 30 people enable the feature, sharing their methods online and assisting others at their home-based lab, 'Lagrange Point.'
The trio has previously worked on solutions like water-cooled suits for delivery personnel during heatwaves and adaptive clothing for Parkinson’s patients. Their next project involves developing devices to detect microplastics in food and water.
While Apple has not commented on their initiative, the tech enthusiasts hope the hearing aid feature will soon receive regulatory approval in India.
