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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You probably won’t survive the apocalypse because you don’t have the right kind of skills

February 22, 2016

If it was the end of the world, then Britain would not be fine. That's because we lack the right kind of skills in engineering, science and technology to survive. Less than half of Londoners have the vital skills to make it through after a catastrophic event – whether that be a natural disaster or a [...]
EU referendum: Zac Goldsmith wants to leave the EU but Sadiq Khan and Caroline Pidgeon side with “stay” as Mayor of London candidates decide positions

February 21, 2016

Mayoral hopeful Zac Goldsmith will vote in favour of leaving Europe in the referendum due to be held in June, it has been revealed. Fellow candidates in the running to replace Boris Johnson have taken the opposite view and said they will vote to stay in Europe. Labour candidate Sadiq Khan said the EU was vital [...]
EU referendum: Boris Johnson now favourite to be next Tory leader after David Cameron, Ladbrokes odds predict

February 21, 2016

Boris Johnson is now the favourite to become the next leader of the Tory party as the world awaits his decision on whether he will back either the campaign to leave or remain in the EU. The outgoing London mayor has jumped ahead of the chancellor George Osborne, according to the latest political betting odds from Ladbrokes. Johnson [...]
EU referendum: Why Sajid Javid wants to stay in Europe – global economic downturn makes Brexit too risky, says business secretary as he throws weight behind David Cameron’s “Stay” campaign

February 21, 2016

The business secretary Sajid Javid has said he will back staying in the EU because the state of global markets would make an exit too much of a risk to the UK economy. He will join David Cameron in campaigning for the UK to stay in the EU after the Prime Minister finally sealed a deal for new terms of membership. [...]
Volvo’s cars will soon open with just an app and no need for car keys

February 19, 2016

Forget keys, you'll soon be able to unlock and drive your car with just the swipe of a finger on a smartphone. Volvo is the first car maker to ditch keys for a smartphone app that will do everything from unlocking the door to starting the engine. The digital key works via an app using bluetooth [...]
Tesco will stop selling curvey croissants in favour of straight ones because Brits have trouble spreading them with jam and butter

February 18, 2016

Prepare to say au revoir to curvy croissants. The delicious pastry will no longer be sold at Tesco in its traditional form because apparently us Brits find it just too much of a faff. Such a hassle is the croissant curve that demand for them has fallen as we settle for the straight version instead, and [...]
Twitter chairman Omid Kordestani just bought $2m worth of shares increasing his stake by 30pc and with finance chief Anthony Noto is first Twitter exec to buy this year

February 18, 2016

Twitter has received a much needed vote of confidence from its chairman Omid Kordestani who yesterday picked up almost $2m worth of shares increasing his stake by 30 per cent, it's been revealed. Filings with the SEC show he purchased more than 122,000 shares at $16.34 per share. It takes the total value of his investment in the company to just over [...]
Uber, Airbnb, eBay and Etsy: 2.5m people a month are now part of the online sharing economy, finds JP Morgan

February 18, 2016

From selling items on eBay to renting out a spare room on Airbnb, 2.5m people each month are now earning money from the sharing economy, according to one of the most comprehensive studies of the new and fast-growing part of the economy to date. Those participating, who are more likely to be young and on lower incomes, earn around 20 to 30 per [...]
UK weather: January 2016 was the hottest January ever recorded, scientists say

February 18, 2016

If it felt like January was freakishly warm, you're not wrong. Scientists have crunched the numbers to determine that last month was indeed a scorcher (relatively speaking). Temperatures across the globe were 1.13 degrees Celsius above average, making it the hottest since records began 137 years ago. The last time the record was broken was 2007 and [...]
Apple iPhone sales fell for the first time in history, Gartner figures reveal

February 18, 2016

Sales of Apple's iconic iPhones have fallen for the first time in history, analysts say. Global sales of the device declined 4.4 per cent at the end of last year, with 71.5m handsets sold in the last quarter of 2015. Apple sparked fears that the world has reached "peak Apple" in January when it revealed sales had fallen to [...]

ASOS shares soar as it offloads Lichfield warehouse to M&S in £66m deal

Drive to Survive backer buys stake in Hearns’ Matchroom empire

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