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Donald Trump's first week: These are all the executive orders he signed that impact tech

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Donald Trump's first week in office wrapped up with a series of executive orders signed to promote science and technology.

The president prioritised a $500 billion ( 476 billion ) deal for investments in artificial intelligence ( AI ) infrastructure.

Trump also established the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a council of 24 experts.

A ban on the app was approved by Congress and upheld by the Supreme Court , leading to a temporary outage of the short-form video social media app on January 19 . The app has since been restored temporarily for US users but remains off app stores hosted by Google and Apple . Despite ByteDance ’s refusal to sell, several buyers have come out in recent days , including a consortium with YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson aka Mr Beast , and " The People’s Bid " overseen by billionaire Frank McCourt ..