Sources: Meta reviews some of its 11 future data center projects globally and lays off Danish contractors, as part of a drastic design change for AI workloads (Sebastian Moss/DCD)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Internal meeting: Tim Cook told employees in Germany that Apple plans to start sourcing chips from a plant under construction in Arizona in 2024  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to begin sourcing chips for its devices from a plant under construction in Arizona, marking a major step toward reducing the company’s reliance on Asian production.

Sharon Terlep / Wall Street Journal:
Walgreens is setting up a network of automated drug-filling centers, expecting robots to cut pharmacist workloads by 25%+ and save the company $1B+ per year  —  Chain says automated drug-filling centers cut pharmacist workloads by 25% and ease pressure on understaffed stores

Patrick Clark / Bloomberg:
Home buying startup Opendoor lays off ~550 employees, or ~18% of its staff, after higher rates and a shift in prices forced the company to sell homes at a loss  —  Opendoor Technologies Inc. is laying off about 550 employees after higher mortgage rates cratered US housing demand.

Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
The Labor Department releases a nonbinding proposal to classify US gig workers as employees and not independent contractors  —  A proposed rule, long awaited by labor activists, would make it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors.

Bloomberg:
Source: NSO Group, which has ~$400M in debt, cut 15% of its workforce and raised prices by ~20% after a potential sale to defense contractor L3Harris collapsed  —  Embattled spyware maker NSO Group is taking drastic steps to pacify creditors holding around $400 million in debt as it waits …

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.