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Talkspace threatened to sue a security researcher over a bug report

A security researcher said he was forced to take down a blog post describing an apparent bug in Talkspace’s website that gave him a year’s subscription for free, after the company rejected

Rippling starts billboard battle with Gusto

Remember when Zenefits imploded, and kicked out CEO Parker Conrad. Well, Conrad launched a new employee onboarding startup called Rippling, and now he’s going after another HR company called Gus

Smartcar accuses $50M-funded rival Otonomo of API plagiarism

Ruthless copying is common in tech. Just ask Snapchat. However, it’s typically more conceptual than literal. But car API startup Smartcar claims that its competitor Otonomo copy-and-pasted Smart

Ubercab, Now Just Uber, Shares Cease And Desist Orders

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/screen-shot-2010-10-24-at-2-31-11-pm.png?w=117&h=79" class="shot2"></img>UberCab — which was recently renamed "Uber" to avoid the appear

Marvel cancelling our Iron Man screening? WTF?!

It appears Marvel is none to happy about us giving our readers in SF a crack at Iron Man before opening day since TC just received a C&D from Marvel. MA used to be a lawyer so hopefully he can get

Apple Orders Bar to Cease and Desist "iPod Monday"

For the past two years a Des Moines bar has run iPod Monday, a gathering where patrons bring in their iPods and share playlists others in attendance. For two years, Clint Curtis, the event coordinator