How two-factor authentication keeps your accounts safe

PLUS: A reckoning for the Super Smash Bros community, the reality of million-mile batteries, and Covid-19 herd immunity. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 07.12.20   NINTENDO The Super Smash Bros. Community Reckons With Sexual Misconduct Allegations BY CECILIA D'ANASTASIO Dozens of people have come forward over the past week, many pointing to a culture that they say enabled rampant predatory behavior.   RUN ON What Happens After a 'Million-Mile Battery' Outlasts the Car? BY MADDIE STONE Electric vehicle makers hope to roll out super long-lasting batteries. That raises interesting questions about resources, performance—and a battery's second act.   PUBLIC HEALTH The Tricky Math of Herd Immunity for Covid-19 BY KEVIN HARTNETT When will a disease stop spreading through a population? The formula is simple, but the variables are much more complicated.   LOCK AND KEY How Two-Factor Authentication Keeps Your Accounts Safe BY DAVID NIELD Here are some of the best authenticator apps and options. It may take a moment to set up, but once you have 2FA enabled where it counts, you can rest easier.   GADGET LAB PODCAST The Ways We're Fighting Back Against Doomscrolling BY WIRED STAFF This week, Angela Watercutter joins us to talk about why it's hard to unglue your eyes from bad news on social media. Plus, we share our tips for putting down the phone.   PROTESTS How Mysterious Protest Messages Have Filled the Skies BY MARY ALICE MILLER A WIRED investigation reveals how artists and skytypers are pioneering a new type of tech-fueled activism—and the inhumane conditions they're fighting.   SOCIAL MEDIA Amazon Says It Didn't Mean to Ban Employees From Using TikTok BY LOUISE MATSAKIS US lawmakers have repeatedly raised security concerns over the app's Chinese ownership. Are US businesses next?   HACKS Microsoft Halts a Global Fraud Campaign That Targeted CEOs BY DAN GOODIN, ARS TECHNICA A sophisticated scheme was designed to trick businesses in more than 60 countries into wiring large sums of money to attackers.   PODCASTS What It's Like to Work at Studio Ghibli BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Steve Alpert worked at the animation house for 15 years, a time he details in his new book, Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions