Modifying iPhones for facemask wearers and cutting the hair of medical workers: As we work, God works

In a sign of the times, Apple is testing a new version of software for its iPhones that will enable people to unlock their phones while wearing a mask.

Obviously, Face ID will not work if the user is wearing a face mask. Nonetheless, the phone is programmed to try Face ID, which must fail before the user is allowed to enter a passcode to unlock the phone. When the update launches, users will be able to swipe up to activate their passcode without having to wait for an error when Face ID doesn’t register. 

“This is more than just a haircut” 

“I have cut hair for twenty years, and I feel so proud. Cutting hair for the rich, for the famous, is nothing compared to these frontline heroes. They are the most important people in the world right now.” This is how Pornsupa Hattayong explains the work she is doing for medical workers in Bangkok, Thailand. 

Thailand’s hair salons have been closed for more than a month to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The forty-three-year-old hairstylist offered free haircuts at Bangkok hospitals and was surprised by the response. “They just kept coming. Some arrived in their medical gowns and asked if they could get a haircut right away as they had to go to work,” says Pornsupa. At that point, she asked her friends to pitch in to help. Their team now averages fifty heads a day. 

She wears full protective clothing and douses her equipment with an alcohol-based spray between clients. She is making no money for her service, choosing to live off her savings instead. 

One doctor said, “I don’t feel like this is merely a service I am getting. It feels like more of a kindness given by a group of people to our hospital staff. This is…