Where Amazon Web Services is still hiring after job cuts

Anticipation for Monday’s total solar eclipse has reached its peak — and so have the travel costs. Whether you found a place to stay in the path of totality or you’re staying put in the Pacific Northwest, GeekWire contributing editor Alan Boyle offers a (nearly) last-minute guide to getting the most out of the rare event. Read more.

First responders such as firefighters and police officers face higher-than-average levels of trauma, stress and danger — but there’s a stigma attached to seeking help. “There’s still a perception that they have to be superhuman,” says Alli Connect CEO Colleen Hilton, who is raising cash for the Seattle-area mental health care startup. Read more.

The crew for Blue Origin’s next suborbital flight will include 90-year-old Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot (above) who could have become NASA’s first Black astronaut in the 1960s — but he lost out, amid racial controversy. See who else is on the crew.

Tech Moves: Ex-Smartsheet CMO lands at Conga; former Panopto CMO joins Valid8; Acumatica adds two board members; and more key personnel changes.

Seattle’s AI2 Incubator launched a new online forum called Harmonious where the aim is to discuss research papers and advances in artificial intelligence — and help AI builders avoid the glut of chatter on other platforms. Read more. 

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• Microsoft-owned LinkedIn aims to expand its advertising business with Connected TV ads, via publishers including Paramount, Roku and Samsung Ads. (LinkedIn)

• GeekWire’s Todd Bishop is the latest guest on the Startup Project podcast, hosted by product manager and investor Nataraj Sindam. Access it via this LinkedIn post.

• What’s it like to work remotely from Costa Rica for three months? Mikaela Kiner, founder and CEO of Reverb, the Seattle-based HR consultancy, shares the ups and downs in this video, but what stands out to us is the glow and grin on her face.

• Prime Video and the WNBA signed a multi-year rights extension making Amazon’s service the exclusive streamer for women’s pro basketball. (Amazon)

• Microsoft warned that China will attempt to disrupt elections in the U.S., South Korea and India this year with AI-generated content. (The Guardian)