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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Leicester City’s season just got even better for fans – here’s why

April 3, 2016

Are Leicester's fans the luckiest lot in the league? Not only is Leicester City top of the Premier League and in with a chance of winning the title, but fans were handed a particularly nice treat on top of all that success by Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the club's owner. To celebrate the billionaire's birthday, the Foxes fans [...]
EU referendum: Here’s where the defence, aerospace, security and space industries stand on Brexit

April 3, 2016

We already know that the majority of Britain's newest businesses and the entrepreneurs who have founded startups want to remain a part of the EU, but now the more well-established tech industries are following suit. The UK's defence, aerospace, security and space industries, which employ more than a quarter of a million people between them believe overwhelmingly that we should remain [...]
The three most important things Sajid Javid said about steel on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show

April 3, 2016

Business minister Sajid Javid has appeared on the BBC's Andrew Marr show on Sunday morning to defend the government's handling of the steel crisis. Here are the three most important things he said during the interview. 1. A private buyer is best, but privatisation not ruled out Javid insisted a private buyer for Port Talbot and the rest of Tata's UK [...]
South Pacific tsunami warning after earthquake strikes Vanuatu coast

April 3, 2016

A Tsunami warning was issued after an earthquake in the south pacific. Researchers had initially estimated the earthquake at magnitude 7.2 magnitude which struck near Vanuatu, a Pacific island off the north east coast of Australia. It has now been downgraded to 6.9. The US Geological Survey recorded the earthquake on Sunday morning and had warned of a resulting [...]
Buy British steel, public sector told as tycoon Sanjeev Gupta flies in for talks with Tata and government

April 3, 2016

Local councils, the NHS and other public bodies have been told to "buy British" in a bid to save the UK's crisis-hit steel industry. New rules introduced by the government last year that require central government to consider British steel suppliers for major projects will now be extended across the public sector. They will need [...]
London has the worst 4G download speeds – but these are the best and worst networks

March 31, 2016

Ever feel like it's taking forever to download the latest episode of your favourite TV show to catch up with on the way to work? Londoner's in fact suffer the worst download speeds of five major cities in the UK tested for 4G mobile network performance by Ofcom. Read more: One simple map showing UK's mobile coverage by poscode Residents of the [...]
What it’s like being transgender in the City

March 30, 2016

Thursday marks International Transgender Day of Visibility – a day to celebrate and recognise the achievements of trans people – and a time when I reflect on my own time in the City. I have worked in financial services throughout my career and thought it would have to take a backseat when I made the [...]
Why we should worry about the Three O2 merger

March 30, 2016

It won’t have escaped your notice that Three and O2 want the path cleared for a £10.5bn merger. Even with the owner of Three – Hutchison – proposing to keep O2 operationally separate, it would still leave Three/O2 with a 40 per cent market share. Ofcom has sounded alarm bells, and been uncharacteristically vociferous in its opposition. While [...]
Gett is buying black cab firm Radio Taxis

March 30, 2016

On-demand black cab app Gett is buying up a long-established black cab fleet, upping its stake in the battle for London's roads. Gett has made an all-cash offer for Radio Taxis owner Mountview House Group. It's understood to be a multi-million pound deal, however, the terms and value have not been disclosed. "Radio Taxis has a long, proud history and we [...]
The Sharp Foxconn deal is go – here’s four things you need to know about two major Apple iPhone suppliers uniting

March 30, 2016

The Foxconn Sharp deal has been as on-again off-again as Elon Musk's marriage – but the deed is finally done after much back and forth, finally uniting two of Apple's major suppliers. 1. The deal Hon Hai Precision, or Foxconn as it's more widely known, will pay 389bn yen (£2.4bn) for a 66 per cent stake in Sharp. That amount is [...]

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