GeekWire Mid-Week Update, Presented by ALLtech

Renton, Wash.-based gaming company Wizards of the Coast filed a preliminary injunction in Seattle last week that seeks to prevent the release of a Wisconsin company’s upcoming tabletop game, citing conflicts over both intellectual property rights and allegedly “racist and transphobic content.” Wizards of the Coast, owned by conglomerate Hasbro, is the current publisher of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the audience for which has been growing steadily over the course of the last several years.

On a night when Russell Wilson returned to Seattle and received mostly boos from Seahawks faithful, fans were cheering for a new high-tech concession stand at the team’s stadium.

Amazon unveiled enhanced versions of its Kindle and Kindle Kids e-readers on Tuesday, the first time the tech giant has upgraded its flagship e-reader in nearly three years.

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— Kate Johnson will become the new CEO of Lumen Technologies, formerly known as CenturyLink.

Seattle startup Far Homes aims to simplify transacting real estate in foreign markets.

Heather MacDougall, Amazon’s vice president of Global Workplace Health and Safety, is departing the company after 3 1/2 years to pursue other opportunities, according to an internal memo to employees that the company shared with GeekWire.

Madrona Venture Group has raised its largest fund ever, reeling in $690 million across two investing vehicles that will help the Seattle firm back more startups in its backyard and beyond.

A YouTube video shot by two hikers in Washington state over the weekend provides a gripping account of their brush with a wildfire and the measures they took to get down off a mountain safely.

Starbucks Rewards members will be able to earn and purchase collectable digital stamps, then buy and sell them in a marketplace with other members of the loyalty program, through an upcoming initiative unveiled Monday morning.

A booster misfire caused an early end today for an uncrewed suborbital space mission launched by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture.

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