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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Which Bond does it better? Daniel Craig’s 007 wagers and winnings compared to Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton and even George Lazenby’s gambling wins

February 15, 2016

Daniel Craig won't need to spend an evening in the casino in his latest outing as Bond in new film Spectre. He's already pocketed more winnings from gambling than any other Bond – in fact, so lucrative was his win in Casino Royale (the name does give it away), the rest of the Bonds collected just a [...]
Kanye Vs Zuckerberg in charts

February 15, 2016

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Underwater cities and 3D printed homes – Here’s how houses of the future will look in 100 years’ time

February 15, 2016

Prepare yourself for underwater cities, super-tall skyscrapers – and homes simply printed out on-demand thanks to 3D printing technology: these are just some of the ways we will live in a century's time. There'll also be colonies on the moon and eventually Mars and beyond, while personal drones will let us transport our home to any holiday spot. The [...]
Relax, you’ll be a millionaire by 2050 – and other predictions for the future

February 15, 2016

Sit back, take it easy and stop worrying about money – you'll be a millionaire by 2050. Unfortunately, so will everyone else, making the millionaire milestone a little less special, but earnings will still grow at an annual rate of two per cent, doubling in real terms. That's just one of the predictions for mid-century life in [...]
Mobile challenger bank Mondo raises £5m from Passion Capital and plans £1m crowdfundng campaign ahead of 2016 launch

February 15, 2016

Innovative new mobile-first challenger bank Mondo has landed a fresh round of funding and plans a further injection of cash from a crowdfunding campaign ahead of its launch later this year Venture capital firm Passion Capital has invested £5m in the London startup which is in the process of applying for a banking licence from regulators. The bank also plans [...]
Sir John Vickers warns Bank of England “too big to fail” bank buffers are not enough

February 14, 2016

New requirements for banks to hold enough capital to prevent them from going under in the event of another financial crisis have been questioned by Sir John Vickers. In a stark warning Vickers, the author of 2011's Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) report in the wake of the financial crisis and subsequent bailouts, has called the wisdom of the BoE's [...]
Oil price rout gets Opec members cooperating, says Nigerian oil minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachiwku

February 14, 2016

The world's biggest oil producers are cooperating more after the prolonged rout which has left oil prices languishing around the $30 per barrel mark. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) are closer to cooperating, indicated Nigerian oil minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachiwku in an interview with Reuters. "There's increased conversation going on. I think when we met in December … [...]
Human drivers will be obsolete by 2050 as driverless technology takes over, say researchers Moshe Vardi and Bart Selman

February 14, 2016

Cars driven by humans will become obsolete with the rise of driverless car technology, leading researchers have predicted, and it could happen as soon as 2050. "You cannot ride a horse in downtown Houston anymore. If you like horse riding, you have to go to horse ranches. The same is likely to happen with cars," said Moshe Vardi, [...]
Reduce red tape for self-employed, Cambridge Satchel Company entrepreneur Julie Deane tells David Cameron

February 14, 2016

The self-employed should have the burden of red tape reduced, one of the UK's top entrepreneurs has said. Julie Deane, founder of the Cambridge Satchel Company, has recommended the regulatory burden on those who are self employed should be addressed among other suggestions in a review of self-employment commissioned by David Cameron. She has also called for [...]
Brexit would cause flight costs to soar, travel bosses Carolyn McCall of EasyJet and TUI’s former chief Peter Long warn

February 14, 2016

The cost of flights would go up if Britain left the EU, two top travel bosses have warned. EasyJet chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall said the EU was behind the fall in air fares across Europe over the past two decades, and that before its creation air travel was "reserved for the elite". Writing in the Sunday Times, [...]

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