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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Adele hacked: Singer targeted by hackers as private photos reportedly leaked on Facebook fan group

March 20, 2016

Adele is the latest star to be targeted by hackers as reports claim the singer has had personal photos stolen. Photos of herself as a child, when she was pregnant and of her son were shared on a Facebook fan group on Friday, it's claimed. One of the fans in the group alerted the star's [...]
London Fields craft brewery is up for sale for £1m after founder Jules Whiteway-Wilkinson charged with fraud

March 20, 2016

Craft brewers are hot property right now. First Meantime in Greenwich was snapped up by SABMiller and then Asahi, while AB Inbev tapped Camden Town Brewery last year and there has been huge demand from investors wanting to dip their toe in via crowdfunding. Now on the market is Hackney’s London Fields craft brewery, creator of the Hackney [...]
Iain Duncan Smith on Marr: Ex-work and pensions secretary defends resignation branding welfare cap “deeply unfair”

March 20, 2016

Iain Duncan Smith, the former work and pensions secretary who spectacularly resigned on Friday, has revealed he has turned against the government's cap on welfare and benefits, saying "this is not the way to do government". In his first media appearance since his exit speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, he said the cap was "arbitrarily lowered" following the [...]
Earth Hour 2016 in pictures: London’s top landmarks plunged into darkness for WWF

March 20, 2016

Some of London's biggest landmarks were plunged into darkness on Saturday evening as part of a worldwide effort for Earth Hour, the WWF's campaign to raise awareness of environmental threats. Piccadilly Circus, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Harrods and the London Eye were among those to switch off. Southbank …and here's the lights out [...]
Iain Duncan Smith resignation: Pensions minister Baroness Ros Altman blasts move as “all about the EU referendum” not disability cuts

March 20, 2016

The pensions minister Baroness Ros Altman has blasted Iain Duncan Smith's resignation saying she believes it's really about the EU referendum. "I’m particularly saddened that this really seems to be about the European referendum campaign rather than about DWP policy," Altman said in a statement. Duncan Smith, who unexpectedly resigned as work and pensions secretary on Friday [...]
Smart cities worth £bn by 2020

March 17, 2016

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Robot rift revealed: Boston Dynamics put up for sale by Google as Alphabet seeks revenue, reports say

March 17, 2016

Google has put its robot business Boston Dynamics up for sale, according to reports, signalling a significant dialling down of its research in the area for parent company Alphabet. The division, bought by Google in 2013, is on the market as it's unlikely to be able to put a product on the market soon, Bloomberg [...]
Why equity crowdfunding is about more than just money

March 17, 2016

The UK’s “alternative finance” market has doubled in the last 12 months and hundreds of British entrepreneurs have embraced crowdfunding to launch and grow their businesses. While the US has only just got round to legalising equity crowdfunding, the UK is leading the world. And from next month, hundreds of thousands of investors are expected to jump [...]
Six of the quirkiest work perks

March 17, 2016

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The biggest concerns of the world’s wealthiest people

March 17, 2016

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Andy Haldane: This will be ‘a Budget for the backbenchers, not business’

Team GB Olympic gold medallist makes multi-million-pound CBD investment

Toast the City: Why we love the Francis Barber Blue Plaque at Dr Johnson’s House

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