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Judge blocks Google evidence from Troy murder trial

Rensselaer County prosecutors will not be able to use Google technology to try to prove Johnny Oquendo strangled 21-year-old Noel Alkaramla and dumped her body in a suitcase in the Hudson River. In a strongly worded three-page ruling issued Thursday, state Supreme Court Justice Andrew Ceresia determined prosecutors for District Attorney Joel Abelove “failed to […]

FBI has Devin Kelley’s iPhone. But it can’t unlock it, obscuring clues to Texas shooter

The FBI has Kelley’s iPhone, retrieved after he shot a congregation in Sutherland Springs, Tex., killing 25 people before he was killed. A search warrant allowing investigators access has been executed. The phone was flown to FBI headquarters in Quantico, Va., for analysis but so far a forensics team has been unable to unlock the phone. Their efforts — if prolonged […]

An AT&T drone is now providing cellular service to people in Puerto Rico

T&T is using an LTE-equipped drone to reconnect some Puerto Ricans who lost wireless service after Hurricane Maria. This obviously isn’t a permanent fix for Puerto Rico, where 48 percent of cell sites are still out of service more than a month after the hurricane wrecked telecom infrastructure on the island. But the drone—AT&T calls it a […]