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Apple TV's Kaiju-sized 'Monarch' drone show sets a new world record
Apple’s promotional drone display for “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” has set a new world record, by creating life-size replicas of monsters from the Apple TV show in the air.
The Apple TV epic Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is all about larger-than-life titans roaming the Earth and causing carnage. In its promotion for the second season of the show, Apple TV commissioned a giant drone display from Heads in the Sky to match that scale.
Shown in a brief recap video on YouTube, Apple TV and Legendary’s drone display took to the skies of Los Angeles on February 20. The display used a fleet of drones to create dot-based models of Godzilla, King Kong, and Titan X that will feature in the second season.
Right on schedule, test production of iPhone 18 Pro fires up
Regular as clockwork, Apple’s supply chain is performing checks on the iPhone 18 family, with the iPhone 18 Pro now in small-batch test production ahead of the usual fall release.
Apple is a habitual company that has finely honed its manufacturing capabilities and supply chain processes over many years. If a report is to be believed, it is still keeping to its usual schedule.
In a Monday post to Weibo, Instant Digital claims the iPhone 18 Pro series of devices has entered production testing alongside the iPhone 18. The account also specifies that production lines for the iPhone 18 Pro line have also started up.
Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
'F1: The Movie' sound team get a weekend of awards
The sound design team for Apple TV hit “F1: The Movie” picked up one prestigious UK award on Saturday — and another on Sunday.
Continuing its track record of awards, all of those great engine noises in “F1: The Movie” have been acknowledged with two separate wins for its team. On Saturday February 21, 2026, they were honored by the Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) at the Warner Bros offices in London.
“F1” sound team Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John and Dash Mason-Malik, received the AMPS Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film.
End of today’s Apple Insider roundup.
