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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The inflation basket of goods: As coffee pods are in and nightclubs out, here’s a short history of nearly seven decades of shopping basket shake-ups

March 15, 2016

The party's over. Nightclub entry fees have been dropped from the official measure of prices in the UK, the ONS basket of goods, while our love affair with leggings and nail varnish have gained access to the list. (Find out what else was dropped and the latest items added here.) The yearly review is a barometer of changing [...]
Inflation basket of goods: Coffee pods, leggings and nail varnish are in, nightclub entry and CD Roms are out – these are our changing shopping habits according to the ONS

March 15, 2016

The party's over. No longer do we head to a nightclub for a weekend blow out leading to entry fees being dropped as a measure of inflation – but a tipple of cream liqueur is now on the menu. George Clooney has something to answer for, as coffee pods like Nespresso are also added to the shopping [...]
Apple’s Siri and other virtual assistants from Google, Microsoft and Samsung can’t help with tough questions about depression, suicide, rape, and domestic violence, study finds

March 15, 2016

Siri may be able to tell you the weather forecast and show you where the nearest Pret is, but Apple’s digital helper and those from the likes of Google, Samsung and Microsoft, are unable to help with some of life’s toughest questions. Who hasn’t googled those niggling little health symptoms? But now that we use those [...]
British Gas Boiler IQ will text you when it’s faulty with latest smart home device after Hive

March 15, 2016

A boiler that can diagnose its own faults and text you about it is the latest device from British Gas in its mission to make the nations homes smarter. BoilerIQ uses sensors to identify data which can reveal a problem before a customer has even noticed. They'll then receive a message to let them know something's [...]
Top 10 UK cities for mobile performance: Move to Manchester to make your phone work better

March 15, 2016

It's time to leave London and move to Manchester if you want your mobile to work better. The northern city is ranked the best city in the UK for using a mobile for calls, texting and data, leaving the capital languishing at number 13. The performance is based on reliability, data speeds across the networks EE, O2, Three [...]
A third of business chiefs think they’ll be hacked with telecoms and utility companys most at risk

March 15, 2016

More than a third of business chiefs in the UK believe their companies will be hacked at some point in the next 12 months and it's telecoms and utility firms that are most at risk. More than half of top executives working in the two sectors believe they will be targeted – more than those in the banking, [...]
Mapped: The London areas best (and worst) at managing money based on the credit score of every borough

March 14, 2016

Londoners are better at managing their finances than the rest of the country, but some areas are better than others. Residents of Kingston rack up the best credit score in the capital and 13 per cent higher than the city average of 386 and more than 14 per cent higher than the national average of [...]
Night Tube launch date 2016: August start reported for London Underground’s 24-hour weekend service

March 14, 2016

London's long-awaited Night Tube services will finally begin in August, according to driver unions, almost a year after it was first expected to start. The roll-out will bring 24-hour weekend services to the London Underground on the Victoria and Jubilee lines initially, with the Central, Northern and Piccadilly lines to follow in September. Read more: This [...]
Missguided website crash: 50pc off sales causes technical problems for online retailer and leaves customers unable to complete orders

March 14, 2016

The website of online retailer Missguided has suffered technical problems after announcing a sale leaving many of its customers unable to complete orders. An offer for 50 per cent off appears to have left the retailer, which counts Asos and Boohoo.com among its rivals, struggling to cope. Shoppers turned to Twitter to express their disappointment and frustration [...]
Mars mission: The Exomars launch date is here – everything you need to know about when and where to watch the take off live stream and what the red planet mission is all about

March 14, 2016

European scientists are right now shooting a rocket into space from the deserts of Kazahkstan with the ambitious intention of landing it on Mars. The ExoMars mission, a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia, will send an orbiting spacecraft and rover on its journey firstthing on Monday morning. By October, seven months later, they will conduct studies to shed light on the mysterious [...]

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