Apple has reportedly been seeking permission to buy memory from CXMT, a blacklisted Chinese supplier. “We urge Apple to abandon any effort to incorporate memory from CXMT, Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), or any other Chinese state-backed supplier into any of its products,” the Senators wrote in a letter to CEO Tim Cook. [Link: Citing core national security and economic reasons, Schumer demands Apple reject Chinese military-linked chips | https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/citing-core-national-security-and-economic-reasons-schumer-demands-apple-reject-chinese-military-linked-chips | U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York]