Apple is running a lobbying campaign in the US administration to obtain approval to purchase memory chips from the Chinese company CXMT, which the Pentagon included in a “black list” due to alleged ties to the People’s Liberation Army of #China (PLA), writes Financial Times, citing six sources familiar with the situation. As the newspaper notes, the lobbying campaign is taking place amid rising memory prices due to an AI boom, which has forced Apple to raise prices for its MacBook and iPad