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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Facebook F8: How and when to watch Mark Zuckerberg’s live developer conference keynote – and what to expect

April 12, 2016

Prepare yourself for Facebook chatbots, Live Video and more about Messenger from F8, the social network's annual developer conference. Kicking off in San Francisco at 6pm GMT, Mark Zuckerberg is expected to reveal new details of the company's plans – and if you really want, you can watch it all as it happens, here. After the [...]
Is it a boat? Is it a wardrobe? No, it’s Toyota’s latest concept car, the Setsuna

April 12, 2016

Forget Tesla and its fancy pants technology – Toyota’s gone back to basics with its latest prototype. Who needs plastic and metal when the natural world provides its very own materials? Yes, wood is the main component of the Setsuna car, which goes on show at the Milan Design Week this week. It has not just [...]
The new HTC 10 smartphone is trying to beat Apple and Samsung with selfies

April 12, 2016

HTC has unveiled its newest flagship phone which it hopes can rival the likes of Apple and Samsung – and it's betting on selfies to do that. The HTC 10 boasts a camera which can steady your selfie-taking wobbles, with technology called Optical Image Stabilisation. The android-based smartphone brand has fallen out of favour in recent [...]
More regulation is not the answer to crowdfunding failures

April 12, 2016

Rebus Group collapse is bad news – but over regulation of alternative finance is not the answer. The saga of Rebus Group – the company which failed after attracting more than £800,000 from a well-known funding platform – has attracted predictable calls for the alternative finance sector to be laden with further regulations. The reasons [...]
Canary Wharf offices evacuated over suspicious vehicle near South Quay DLR station

April 12, 2016

Office workers close to Canary Wharf have returned to work after being evacuated due to a "suspicious vehicle" in the area. Several buildings near South Quay station to the south of the main towers of Canary Wharf were evacuated and the area cordoned off following reports to the police. They were called to the scene just before 10am [...]
Netflix and bill: You’re probably about to pay more to watch House of Cards

April 12, 2016

If you like settling down in front of House of Cards and other must-see shows from Netflix, you'll soon have to pay more for the privilege. The movie and TV streaming service is raising its subscription prices and anyone who signed up in Netflix's early days faces a decision. Early adopters currently pay £5.99 per month and [...]
One of the UK’s biggest tech venture capital investors Accel Partners now has $500m more to play with

April 12, 2016

The venture capital firm which was an early backer of Facebook, bet on start startup Slack, and most recently invested in Deliveroo and Funding Circle in the UK, has raised $500m (£351m) for a new fund to invest in startups across Europe and Israel. “Entrepreneurship is flourishing everywhere across Europe and Israel; we’ve never seen so many great founders, both gritty and [...]
EU referendum: One way Brexit could actually be good for UK fintech

April 11, 2016

The UK's prospering fintech sector has been urged to speak up in favour of remaining in Europe ahead of June's referendum and largely backs staying. But, there could be one serious advantage to leaving the union, some experts suggest If Britain were to leave, there would be a greater opportunity for innovative technology startups to disrupt the world of [...]
Britain’s financial regulator is the first to launch a fintech accelerator

April 11, 2016

The FCA is getting experimental with fintech. The financial regulator is launching an experimental scheme which will allow new financial technology companies to test out innovations which are as yet unregulated to foster innovation in the market. The so-called sandbox project is the first of its kind to be directly led by a financial regulator [...]
Now you can split London black cab fares with friends (just like Uber)

April 11, 2016

One of the features beloved by Uber users is being able to share a fare with a mate at the tap of a phone, but now, you'll be able to do the same with a black cab. Anyone getting one of the 15,000 London black cabs via on-demand app Gett, can now split the cost between [...]

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