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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Google parent Alphabet’s venture arm GV backs London fintech startup Currencycloud in £20m funding round

March 9, 2017

Top London fintech startup Currencycloud has attracted Google as an investor in a fresh £20m funding round in a stamp of approval for the sector after Brexit. GV, Alphabet's high-profile venture arm formerly known as Google Ventures, which has backed the likes of Uber and Slack in the past, joins existing investors for the series D [...]
Did Philip Hammond mention driverless cars by mistake?

March 8, 2017

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Budget 2017 UK: Nope, driverless cars are not in the Budget, Philip Hammond just used them for laughs about Corbyn’s Labour leadership

March 8, 2017

You'd be forgiven for thinking that driverless cars are getting a major boost with plans announced in today's Budget to help the UK become a top player in automotive automation. For anyone listening to chancellor Philip Hammond's speech (or reading through the transcript), there was indeed mention of funding for disruptive technologies such as "biotech, robotics and driverless cars". [...]
Budget 2017 UK: Robotics, 5G, broadband and everything promised for “disruptive” tech by Philip Hammond

March 8, 2017

Millions of pounds in fresh funding has been promised for disruptive new technologies such as robotics, electric cars and biotech by the government. Chancellor Philip Hammond pledged new cash for development of the technologies in the Spring Budget along with plans to get started on creating a 5G network in the UK and boost broadband. How [...]
Budget 2017 UK: “T-Levels” shake-up for young people’s technical training promised by Philip Hammond

March 8, 2017

The government is promising to invest fresh cash in preparing young people for the new global economy with investment in technical training. Chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed the new £500m plans he called "game-changing" in his Spring Budget on Wednesday. The radical overhaul of post-16 education will see a dizzying array of 13,000 different qualifications whittled down [...]
The worst or best job in tech? Uber boss Travis Kalanick’s hiring a COO after a terrible month of non-stop troubles

March 8, 2017

It could be the best job in tech – working for one of the biggest and most disruptive startups ever, a dream job for any Silicon Valley (and beyond) executive – or the worst. Uber’s recent troubles have spurred under fire chief executive Travis Kalanick to hire a chief operating officer, a number two to [...]
Part of British chipmaker Arm to be sold to Saudi-backed Softbank Vision Fund

March 8, 2017

Softbank is reportedly selling part of newly acquired British chipmaker Arm to its Saudi-backed investment fund. After snapping up the firm for £24bn in a shock mega-deal just weeks after the vote to leave the European Union last June, the Japanese conglomerate is now selling a 25 per cent stake to its Vision Fund, the Financial Times reports, [...]
Budget 2017 UK: When does Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget speech start and where can I watch it?

March 8, 2017

How much more will you be paying for a pint? We'll soon find out as chancellor Philip Hammond will unveil new spending powers this week. What is the Spring Budget? This will be Hammond's first and last Spring Budget, as the annual Budget announcement is set to move to a new schedule focused on the [...]
Snap Inc’s share price is tumbling further as blockbuster IPO gains disappear

March 8, 2017

Shares in Snap, the social media phenomenon that last week became the darling of the New York Stock Exchange, tumbled further at the open of US markets on Tuesday, falling a further 10 per cent to a fresh low of $21.30. Stock in the star tech company fell back down to earth yesterday, wiping nearly [...]
Revealed: The 25 companies which have filed the most patents

March 7, 2017

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