By: Lynsey Barber

I'm City A.M.'s award-winning technology editor, covering everything from happenings at Apple and Google to the latest London startup. In particular fintech, blockchain, artifical intelligence, driverless cars, virtual reality and the sharing economy get me out of bed in the morning. I'm always trying to illustrate stories with pictures of dogs. Sometimes with some success. I was named technology journalist of the year at the UK Tech Awards.

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Calling all startups: The FCA’s fintech accelerator is open for business

May 9, 2016

Fintech startups will now be able to test out their ideas without fear of getting on the wrong side of regulators. A so-called sandbox has been launched by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today offering a tech accelerator environment for young firms looking to disrupt finance. "Supporting innovation is an essential part of our role in promoting competition [...]
After Apple, another smartphone maker is feeling the slowdown – this time, HTC

May 9, 2016

It's tough time in the smartphone market these days. Pretty much everyone who's going to get one has already got one – in established markets at least – and that means the market is, in fact, more finite than firms imagined when growth rocketed over the past few years. Even for the likes of Apple. But it's HTC which is [...]
NHS fined £180k for data breach that leaked HIV clinic patient identities

May 9, 2016

The NHS has been fined thousands of pounds for revealing the identities of hundreds of patients of a London HIV clinic because of an email error. A newsletter from a sexual health clinic in Soho was sent out to more than 700 users of an HIV service last year with patient email addresses and full [...]
Someone spent thousands on this one-off Jony Ive designed Apple iPad Pro

May 9, 2016

An iPad specially created by Apple's design guru Jony Ive and the only one of its kind in the world has been snapped up at auction for thousands of pounds. The one-off yellow iPad Pro, along with a blue suede smart cover and orange leather Apple Pencil case, was bagged by an unknown buyer at the auction for a hefty [...]
Here’s what 300 top economists told the UK about tax havens

May 9, 2016

So-called rock star economist Thomas Piketty and Nobel prize-winner Angus Deaton are among 300 top economists from around the world calling for an end to tax havens, ahead of a meeting of world leaders this week. Economists from several of the world's elite universities, including Oxford, the London School of Economics, Harvard and the Sorbonne are among [...]
China takes stake in Apple chip supplier Imagination Technologies

May 9, 2016

A Chinese technology fund has taken a three per cent stake in UK chip maker Imagination Technologies, sending shares rocketing more than 13 per cent. Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-backed tech holding firm which is part of Tsinghua university, has ambitions to become the biggest chip maker in the world and has taken a three per cent stake in [...]
Cameron promises to fight global corruption in wake of Panama Papers

May 8, 2016

The Prime Minister has promised to fight global corruption ahead of a summit due to be held in London this week where the Panama Papers leak is likely to dominate the agenda. David Cameron has said he will put tackling corruption at the "top of the international agenda" at the international anti-corruption summit this Thursday, which [...]
Palantir founder hits out at claims unicorn startup is struggling

May 8, 2016

A founder of one of the world's most highly valued startups has hit back at claims the company is struggling with the loss of clients and staff. Joe Lonsdale, a founder of the secretive startup Palantir along with PayPal pioneer Peter Thiel and others, which boasts the Bank of England as one of its clients, said it was [...]
EU referendum: Now top life science bosses warn of Brexit risk, including GSK, AstraZeneca and Pfizer in open later

May 8, 2016

Top bosses at firms such as GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Pfizer are among more than 90 leaders in the life sciences who are the latest to warn of the risks of Britain leaving Europe. In a letter, published in the Observer, the group warned of the implications on the sector which employs more than 222,000 people, spends £4bn on research and [...]
EU referendum: George Osborne warns Brexit will hit Britain where it hurts – property prices

May 8, 2016

George Osborne has warned that the nation's homeowners face a double whammy drop in house prices and a rise in mortgage costs if Britain votes to leave Europe. "It’s already clear from the Treasury analysis that for example, there would a significant shock to the housing market, that would hit the value of people’s homes, that would hit the cost [...]

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