Small US carriers say Apple making eSIM the only option for iPhone 14 models in the US “democratizes connectivity” by letting users switch networks easily (Eli Blumenthal/CNET)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple makes eSIM the only way to authenticate wireless carriers for the iPhone 14 series in the US, working with T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T  —  Apple today announced that all iPhone 14 models sold in the U.S. do not have a built-in SIM card tray and will rely entirely on eSIM technology.

Steven Musil / CNET:
Google discontinues Google Translate in mainland China, one of the last remaining services the company provides in the country, citing “low usage”  —  The service was one of Google’s last remaining offerings in the country.  —  Steven Musil  —  Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News.

Steven Musil / CNET:
An ex-Apple employee, Dhirendra Prasad, pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud charges after defrauding Apple of $17M+, including via kickbacks, starting in 2011  —  Former parts buyer engaged in theft, taking kickbacks and inflating invoices, prosecutors say.  —  Steven Musil

David Lumb / CNET:
As climate change threatens data centers, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are tinkering with cooling options and building data centers in colder countries  —  Data centers run our personal and professional lives, so it’s crucial that they keep working in a future of climate change.

Scott Stein / CNET:
A look inside Meta’s Reality Labs, with demos of its neural input wristband, 3D audio, photorealistic avatars with Codec Avatars 2.0, and 3D object scanning  —  My visit to a future that isn’t quite here yet: neural wristbands, ghostly 3D audio and lifelike avatars.  Plus, the new Meta Quest Pro.

Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Nvidia announces Drive Thor processors with 77B transistors for self-driving vehicles, arriving in 2024 for cars coming in 2025  —  The AI chip is due to arrive in cars in 2025, Nvidia says at its GTC event to showcase its GPU technology.  —  Stephen Shankland