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                             What was once the floor of an ancient ocean is still shaping the landscape between Arabia and Eurasia.  
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President Donald Trump kicked off the first day of his presidency by signing a flurry of executive actions, including halting enforcement of the TikTok ban and rolling back the Biden administration&rsquo;s artificial intelligence order.

Having already run the country once before, Trump entered the presidency with the goal of hitting the ground running, having already selected nominees and chairs for key agencies that oversee tech. This time, Trump has the backing of many tech billionaires who attended his inauguration and showed up at his home in Mar-a-Lago.

Read on below as we keep track of all the ways Trump is leaving his mark on tech in his first 100 days in office.

					
				&#8220;I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once.&#8221;
			
					
				DOGE (reportedly) has full access to a major US payment system.
			
					
				&#8216;Scared and betrayed&#8217; — workers are reeling from chaos at federal agencies
			
					
				Treasury Department sued over DOGE takeover
			
					
				An &#8220;AI-first&#8221; GSA.
			
					
				&#8220;There is not one single entity holding Musk accountable.&#8221;
			
					
				CBS is preparing to give Harris interview materials to the FCC.
			
					
				Trump agrees to a one-month pause on Mexico, Canada tariffs
			
					
				Trump orders a &#8216;sovereign wealth fund&#8217; for the US.
			
					
				Data brokers can keep selling your social security number, says new CFPB chief
			
					
				Canada will retaliate against Trump with tariffs on US goods
			
					
				Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China
			
					
				Canadian officials have reportedly been notified of tariffs.
			
					
				Trump fires CFPB head Rohit Chopra
			
					
				Donald Trump’s data purge has begun 
			
					
				Mr. Nvidia goes to the White House.
			
					
				Trump’s first round of tariffs is almost here
			
					
				Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump account suspension suit
			
					
				Lee Zeldin, who wants to &#8220;make America the AI capital of the world&#8221; will lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
			
					
				The new transportation secretary&#8217;s first act is to start letting cars pollute more.
			
					
				Trump&#8217;s media company is getting into fintech, too.
			
					
				Elon Musk saying he&#8217;ll &#8216;bring home&#8217; two astronauts for Trump is as dumb as it sounds.
			
					
				Another change from Google&#8217;s maps team.
			
					
				Did Elon Musk write the federal worker buyout email?
			
					
				Donald Trump wants to claw back clean energy funding
			
					
				DeepSeek wakes up Trump.
			
					
				Trump says Microsoft wants TikTok (again).
			
					
				Google Maps in the US will change to Gulf of America and Mount McKinley
			
					
				Trump says he’ll put tariffs on imported chips ‘in the near future’
			
					
				Elon Musk email to X staff: ‘we’re barely breaking even’
			
					
				Trump bends to the tech oligarchy.
			
					
				How Meta’s MAGA heel turn is a play for global power
			
					
				Less Trump, unless you want it.
			
					
				Brendan Carr amps up his censorship campaign.
			
					
				NASA’s climate website is ‘moving.’
			
					
				Satya Nadella on Elon’s Stargate accusations: “All I know is I’m good for my $80 billion.”
			
					
				Dozens of subreddits are banning links to X
			
					
				Trump’s war on electric cars has only just begun
			
					
				Elon Musk, White House adviser, says OpenAI deal announced at White House is a sham
			
					
				A PSA for all those wondering why you’re suddenly following Trump and Vance on social.
			
					
				Trump is absolutely going to make ByteDance sell TikTok or shut down again.
			
					
				Trump is discussing a 10 percent tariff on imports from China.
			
					
				Trump pardons Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht
			
					
				Donald Trump acknowledged his meme coin today.
			
					
				Trump says he’s open to Musk or Ellison buying TikTok
			
					
				OpenAI and SoftBank are starting a $500 billion AI data center company
			
					
				ACLU and 18 states sue Trump over his attempt to repeal birthright citizenship
			
					
				CBS News reports OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank will announce a ‘Stargate’ AI data center project.
			
					
				A federal website on reproductive rights has vanished
			
					
				The United States Digital Service is now DOGE — here’s what it was responsible for.
			
					
				Donald Trump rescinds Biden-era executive order on AI safety
			
					
				‘There is no “EV mandate.”’
			
					
				Trump signs executive order to reverse Biden’s electric vehicle policies
			
					
				Trump signs order refusing to enforce TikTok ban for 75 days
			
					
				Brendan Carr is officially in charge of the FCC
			
					
				Vivek Ramaswamy steps down from DOGE
			
					
				Trump declares a ‘national energy emergency’
			
			
						
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