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The Morning After: Nintendo’s next console may not arrive until 2025

The biggest news stories this morning: The EU opens a wide-ranging probe into TikTok, The world’s thinnest foldable phone gets a Porsche Design makeover, Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct will focus on upcoming third-party releases.

TikTok is in the EU’s crosshairs over potential Digital Services Act (DSA) breaches around the safety of minors and other matters. The formal proceedings will focus on addictive algorithms, the rabbit-hole effect, age verification issues and default privacy settings. “This is about achieving clarity and consistency in practice, backing headteachers and leaders and giving staff confidence to act,” Gillian Keegan, the UK’s secretary of state for education, said in a press release.

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