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Today’s Apple Insider Roundup
Jerry Bruckheimer is working on a "F1: The Movie" sequel, but there are no guarantees
In what is the least surprising headline you’ll read today, Jerry Bruckheimer is working on a sequel to Apple TV‘s smash hit “F1.” Reports claiming that this is absolute confirmation that it’s coming are premature.
Face it, there’s going to be a sequel to “F1: The Movie.” Eventually.
Hollywood, and Apple like money, after all.
Full satellite internet on iPhone may not be that far away
Apple’s satellite connectivity in future iPhone models will bring full 5G service almost everywhere you go. Here’s how, and when it’s expected.
The iPhone has some built-in features allowing it to be used in a signal black spot, especially in an emergency. While the features, such as Emergency SOS Via Satellite, are limited in what they can currently do, a rumored connectivity change could make it even more useful to users.
According to a Wednesday post by Weibo leaker “Fixed Focus Digital,” Apple will be incorporating support for NR-NTN (New Radio for Non-Terrestrial Networks) into its next C2 modem. This will happen soon, the leaker believes, with support added later in 2026.
Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
Faster, more flexible databases could be coming to FileMaker or iWork
Despite owning FileMaker, Apple has never included a database app with iWork. Apple has now acquired Kuzu, Inc, a firm developing fast, flexible graph databases.
Apple has had the FileMaker database since the 1980s, but by being operated by an Apple subsidiary, it’s always been kept at arms’ length from the consumer iWork apps of Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. In comparison, Microsoft’s Office includes the company’s Access database.
Now as noted by the European Union’s list of significant company acquisitions, Apple has bought Kuzu, Inc. The EU defines significant not by size, but by whether the aim is to “provide core platform services.”
How to bring back macOS Launchpad with this neat command-line tool
Apple power users on macOS Tahoe are deliberately undoing parts of Apple’s latest interface overhaul in order to remove the Liquid Glass design.
There’s an unofficial workaround that brings back the classic Launchpad app grid and reduces Liquid Glass’s heavy translucency. The tool allows users to enjoy macOS Tahoe’s performance and feature updates without fully embracing its new visual style.
Liquid Glass looks polished in screenshots and marketing videos, with layered blur and reflections giving a sense of depth and motion. In daily use, those effects can feel intrusive, particularly on large displays or detailed wallpapers.
600 companies in Japan want the Epic treatment — a free ride in Apple's ecosystem
Apple set up alternative app stores and external payments in Japan similar to how it is being handled in the EU, but developers say it has “no economic incentive” and want to pay nothing to Apple.
An ongoing snafu between Apple, Epic, and Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has led to an injunction forcing Apple to allow external payments without collecting a commission. While that is being appealed in the US, developers in Japan want similar treatment.
According to a report from The Japan News, seven IT-related industry groups comprising over 600 companies released a statement asking Apple and Google to eliminate new commissions. They mean the ones for alternative app marketplaces and externally linked purchases that were forced into place by the Mobile Software Competition Law (MSCL).
End of today’s Apple Insider roundup.
