Cloudflare announces Zero Trust SIM, a US-only, device-specific eSIM for iOS and Android that uses VPNs and DNS filtering, and Zero Trust for Mobile Operators (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Italian court upholds a ban against Cloudflare resolving DNS queries for three torrent sites, after Cloudflare appealed saying it would result in a global ban  —  The Court of Rome has confirmed that Cloudflare must block three torrent sites through its public 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver.

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.

Eli Blumenthal / CNET:
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  —  Mint Mobile, Boost Mobile and US Mobile see room for growth as eSIM technology could make switching networks even easier.

Viola Zhou / Rest of World:
Using translation apps, dubbing software, and VPNs, some Chinese creators are getting millions of views for TikTok videos summarizing Hollywood movies and shows  —  With machine translation, dubbing apps and VPNs, Chinese creators are shortening movies for Americans.

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
Cloudflare says Greylock, Bessemer, and other VC firms have collectively offered to invest up to $1.25B in startups that use its serverless computing platform  —  Cloudflare, the security, performance and reliability company that went public three years ago, said this morning …

Wall Street Journal:
A look at the increasing efforts of device manufacturers, telecom companies, and satellite operators to connect smartphones to satellites in remote locations  —  Years of preparation helped tech giant, but other phone makers, wireless carriers and aerospace companies have similar ambitions