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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An ex-Ofcom employee stole commercially sensitive data about the UK’s major TV broadcasters – and then offered it to one of them

March 10, 2016

Ofcom has admitted that a former employee stole data from the regulator exposing commercially sensitive information about the UK's biggest TV companies. The ex-employee, having left Ofcom, joined one of those TV companies – and offered the information to their new employer, bringing the theft to light, City A.M understands. Ofcom was made aware of the theft two weeks ago [...]
Hyperloop is coming to Europe as Slovakia plans to reduce travel from Bratislava to Vienna and Budapest to less than 10 minutes

March 10, 2016

The most exciting transport innovation in the world right now – Elon Musk's ambitious Hyperloop – is coming to Europe and could create the fastest ever cross-border travel. A Hyperloop company has inked a deal with the government of Slovakia to explore bringing the super-fast transport to this side of the pond, potentially connecting Bratislava with Vienna in Austria and Budapest in Hungary [...]
John Lewis Partnership bonus 2016: Four charts showing just how generous it is and why staff are still celebrating despite it being cut to its lowest in years

March 10, 2016

The bonus of staff working at high street favourite John Lewis and Waitrose is less than last year, but you'll still find them cheering that cut. They'll be taking home 10 per cent of their annual salary, amounting to a bonus pot totaling £145m, but that's less than last year and the third consecutive year it's been cut – so why the happy faces? [...]
Best universities 2016: UK dominates European ranking of top institutions compiled by Times Higher Education

March 10, 2016

Universities in the UK dominate in the latest ranking of the top institutions across Europe with Oxford and Cambridge leading the way. Seven UK universities score in the top 10 in the annual ranking from Times Higher Education, and make up more than a quarter of the 200-strong long list. The capital's renowned universities Imperial College, University College [...]
Britain wants to woo US tech entrepreneurs to expand their businesses in London and the UK with SXSW campaign launch by mayor’s office and UKTI

March 10, 2016

Britain wants to woo more US tech entrepreneurs and encourage them to set up shop in London and elsewhere in the UK, in a bid to steal the crowns from San Francisco and New York as the hottest tech hotspots in the world. London is the most desirable destination for foreign tech workers in Europe looking to relocate [...]
Now you can get live London bus updates via Google

March 9, 2016

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Three ways London can remain the fintech capital of the world

March 9, 2016

London is the fintech capital of the world. Readers of City A.M. will no doubt nod with approval while reading through the key findings of the government's recent report demonstrating just how successful the capital is. From diverse international talent to specialist fintech investors, and an especially supportive policy environment, London is an out-and-out winner. But [...]
Skyscrapers planned for London rise by more than a third with 119 new tall buildings added to planning pipeline

March 9, 2016

(Source: Visualhouse/Dan Lowe) The number of tall buildings planned for London's ever expanding skyline has grown by moe than a third, with more than 100 new skyscrapers added to the pipeline over the last year. There are now 436 skyscrapers either planned or under construction in the capital, up from 317 a year earlier, according to fresh research from [...]
Sky just invested $45m in Netflix rival iflix in Asia

March 9, 2016

Sky is flexing its tech investment muscles again, splashing millions for a stake in a movie and TV streaming service in south east Asia which rivals Netflix. The broadcaster has invested $45m (£31.6m) in iflix which boasts one million users in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines since launching under a year ago and has plans to expand [...]
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wants to blast you into space as soon as 2018 as he reveals plans for his secretive space tourism company Blue Origin

March 9, 2016

Amazon's Jeff Bezos has opened up about his ambitious plans to blast people into space on commercial flights above earth within the next two years. Blue Origin, the Amazon founder's commercial space flight company which is a rival to the likes of Elon Musk's Space X and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, will conduct its first test [...]

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