Facebook Secretly Sold Your Identity to Advertisers

Adrian Chen · 05/20/10 10:54PM

Facebook's privacy policy says they can provide "any of the non-personally identifiable attributes we have collected" to advertisers. But a new report shows that they actually sent data that can easily be tied to your name.

Let's Get This #tvparty Started!

Kristina Lucarelli · 05/20/10 06:30PM

So many finales. So little time. I can't express all the stuff I'll be watching in under 40 words, so let me just say this: Whether it's in the live blog or the #tvparty, people will be around to talk.

Bret Michaels Rushed Back to Hospital

Adrian Chen · 05/20/10 05:41PM

Having survived his stroke, Bret Michaels returned to the hospital this week after complaining of numbness on the left side of his body. Tests showed Michaels has a small hole in his heart." It's treatable; he should be fine. [TMZ]

Gay Malawian Couple Gets Harshest Sentence Possible

Richard Lawson · 05/20/10 05:19PM

The two men, convicted of "unnatural acts and gross indecency," have been given the maximum sentence permitted by law: 14 years of hard labor in prison. The judge said of his ruling, "Let posterity judge this judgment." It will. [NYT]