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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Rush hour nightmare? These are the London bus and train routes we complain about most

March 14, 2016

Ever feel like you have a nightmare commute? Don't we all, but if you're travelling from Woking to Waterloo or on the number 29 bus, you're probably having a rough one – as is everyone else. The two routes are the most complained about, according to data relating to more than 1.5m journeys across the UK [...]
Ivory Coast shooting: Gunmen attack beach resort of Grand-Bassam killing at least 16 people

March 13, 2016

At least 16 people have been killed after Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen targeted a holiday resort in Ivory Coast, firing on a beach in Grand-Bassam. At least two attackers launched an assault on the beach resort in the seaside town and are said to have entered a hotel there, local media reports suggest. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed the attack. [...]
Budget 2016: Top Gear’s Matt Le Blanc filming across London is distracting George Osborne from his Budget

March 13, 2016

George Osborne is prepping for a busy week ahead of him, but there's nothing worse than a distraction popping up right at the exact moment you need to concentrate. Kids? Other half? Football? No, it's something a little more unusual to blame for taking the chancellor's mind off the maths – a beloved TV celebrity speeding around London gets the rap. [...]
Sir Martin Sorrell’s salary: How long would it take you to earn the WPP boss’s proposed £70m pay?

March 13, 2016

Sir Martin Sorrell, the highest paid boss of the FTSE as chief of advertising giant WPP, is in line for an even bigger bumper payout that will leave him earning a more-than healthy £190,000 each day. Assuming a 12 hour working day, that potential £70m would be the equivalent of more than £15,000 per hour – more than the [...]
Westfield and Shepherd’s Bush incident: Emergency services attend

March 13, 2016

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Bye-bye Heathrow expansion? Justine Greening predicts a third runway will be grounded by David Cameron

March 13, 2016

A cabinet minister has taken a surprisingly outspoken stance on the UK's airport expansion, predicting that the Prime Minister will ditch plans for a third runway at Heathrow. International development secretary and west London MP Justine Greening made the comments despite ministers being warned against making any statements on the issue. The government has delayed making a decision on what form airport [...]
AlphaGo fourth Go game result: Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence just made a mistake and lost to human player Lee Sedol

March 13, 2016

The machines this week triumphed over man, as Google DeepMind's artificial intelligence (AI) took on the top – and very human – player in the ancient chess-like Chinese game of Go, winning three of their matches. However, the fourth bout between them has reversed the tables and resulted in Lee Sedol triumphing over AlphaGo for the first time. The technology "pressured AlphaGo into a [...]
Budget 2016: George Osborne warns of further cuts to public spending as “hopes of a stronger global recovery have evaporated”

March 13, 2016

George Osborne has warned that a slowing global economy will mean more cuts to public spending ahead of this week's Budget. "The hopes of a stronger global recovery have evaporated," he said. "Instead the world economy is slowing." The chancellor cited China's slowdown, falling oil and commodity prices, political instability in the Middle East, as well [...]
15 plans for the future of London transport: From the Northern Line extension to Night Tube and Crossrail 3

March 11, 2016

London Mayor Boris Johnson has said £1.3tn of investment is needed in the capital over the next 35 years in order for London to retain its world class status. Transport is the biggest focus of the "London Infrastructure Plan 2050", and £973bn of spending is needed on transport alone to keep up with the rising population [...]
Here’s the outlook of UK tech startups right now – and how they feel about Brexit, business confidence and hiring talent

March 10, 2016

More UK tech startups are now worried that Brexit will be bad for business as the referendum on Britain's membership of Europe inches ever closer. In a comprehensive new survey of startups in the UK by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), 70 per cent believe Brexit will have a negative impact on their businesses, a rise on the 64 per cent [...]

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