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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This $2m report just killed calls for a limit on Uber driver numbers

January 18, 2016

Uber has been delivered a boost in London after a new report concluded the taxi-hailing service has little effect on city congestion. The report, quietly published on a Friday before a public holiday, ended previous attempts by New York mayor Bill de Blasio and City Hall to cap for-hire vehicle numbers in the city. It comes amid similar calls by the London [...]
Tube strike 2016: Unite pulls out of scheduled dates for action as talks continue between Aslef, RMT and TfL

January 18, 2016

Unite, one of three unions involved in Tube strikes which are due to begin next week, has pulled out of the industrial action as talks with Transport for London resume to try and avert the walkout. Latest: Now a new union will join the Tube strikes The union, representing 600 Tube engineers and maintenance staff, had joined [...]
UK house prices: Property price growth will slow over next three years, EY Item Club predicts

January 18, 2016

House price growth will slow over the next three years, according to new forecasts, as continued growth puts owning a property out of reach for many. Property prices are expected to rise by 6.5 per cent this year, new analysis by EY Item Club predicts. That growth will continue in 2017 and 2018, but at a more [...]
Airbus and Uber are partnering for helicopters on-demand

January 17, 2016

Aircraft maker Airbus and taxi upstart Uber will partner to provide people with a helicopter on-demand service, it has been revealed. Airbus boss Tom Enders told the Wall Street Journal of the plans at the DLD conference in Germany, saying it is a pilot project due to launch in several weeks. Read more: Uber just had its billionth [...]
Alex Salmond wants to ban Donald Trump from the UK and Jeremy Corbyn wants to take him to a mosque ahead of petition debate in parliament

January 17, 2016

The war of words between the former First Minister Alex Salmond and wannabe President Donald Trump escalated today, after the Scottish MP backed calls to ban the billionaire from the UK over anti-Muslim comments. The two are unlikely to become the best of friends – Trump labelled Salmond a "has-been" with an "over-inflated ego" before Christmas in [...]
Davos 2016: Who’s who at the World Economic Forum (and who’s notably absent) – from Leonardo DiCaprio to Travis Kalanick and George Osborne

January 17, 2016

If it seems like Davos reads like a who’s who of the world elite, you wouldn’t be wrong. On the Swiss slopes, the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum which kicks off this Wednesday, brings together the world’s biggest politicians, business leaders and a sprinkling of celebrities to liven things up too Leonardo DiCaprio is the [...]
Why south London desperately needs the Overground instead of Southeastern, Southern and South West trains

January 17, 2016

South London desperately needs a transport upgrade. Estimates show that demand for rail travel could grow by as much as 100 per cent by 2035. Yet south London's transport system is already under enormous pressure. Look at the Tube map and you would think that London more or less stops just south of the Thames. In [...]
Oil price rout and Iran sanctions lifting send Middle East markets lower

January 17, 2016

Middle East markets have fallen after the lifting of Iranian sanctions and the country's promise to resume crude oil exports. It stokes worries of the market's over supply which has already sent oil prices below $30. The Saudi Tadawul All Share Index fell 5.4 per cent to its lowest since March 2011. The Qatar Exchange, the second largest in the Gulf after [...]
Average pay in Scotland is now higher than England for the first time

January 17, 2016

Average pay in Scotland has overtaken that of England for the first time, a new think tank report has found. Average hourly pay north of the border has risen at a faster rate over the past two decades, closing the gap between pay in the two locations. That means average pay now stands at £11.92 per hour [...]
EU referendum: Eurosceptic MP Nick Herbert will lead pro-EU campaign Conservatives for Reform in Europe warning Brexit is “jump into the void”

January 17, 2016

Eurosceptic MP and former minister NIck Herbert who campaigned to keep Britain out of the euro will lead a new Tory group lobbying for the UK to remain part of the European Union, warning a Brexit would be a "jump into a void". The new group, Conservatives for Reform in Europe (CRE), believes that the UK should [...]

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