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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Tube strike 2016 dates: Fresh three day strikes by Aslef union drivers set to go ahead in Night Tube row

January 10, 2016

Update: RMT has confirmed three 24-hour strike dates. Get the latest here. Fresh strikes by London Underground drivers look set to go ahead as the long-running row over Night Tube working conditions continues. Executives of drivers' union Aslef are expected to call for three days of strikes tomorrow, starting as soon as this month, in the dispute [...]
Tube strikes 2016: TfL blasts “absurd” Tube strikes by Aslef

January 10, 2016

Update: Aslef has now confirmed three days of strikes will go ahead, as has RMT. Transport for London has branded three days of fresh walkouts by London Underground drivers over the Night Tube "absurd". Aslef is tomorrow expected to decide that strike action will go ahead, disrupting Tube travel for 24-hours on three separate days over the next [...]
Euribor trial: 11 former Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale employees set for first court appearance over rate fixing allegations

January 10, 2016

Nearly a dozen people accused of manipulating a key rate of lending between European banks are due to make their first appearances in court this week in the latest of several rate rigging prosecutions brought by the Serious Fraud Office. 11 former employees of Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday over alleged manipulation of the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor). The men and [...]
Asda boss Andy Clarke adds £500m fuel to the supermarket price war with Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons as well as discounters Aldi and Lidl ahead of supermarket Christmas earnings bonanza

January 10, 2016

Asda is throwing a further half a billion pounds at the supermarket price war as boss Andy Clarke predicted another "challenging" year for the sector. "There is currently no growth in the food market and the rise of the limited assortment discounters means that we must take radical action to win back our customers," said [...]
Oil prices: Royal Dutch Shell oil boss Ben van Beurden thinks prices will double ahead of crucial BG Group deal shareholder vote

January 10, 2016

The boss of Royal Dutch Shell Ben van Beurden has said he is confident that oil prices will return to higher levels just days after they plummeted to an almost 12-year low as the giant gathers support for its billion pound takeover of BG Group. “The oil prices we are seeing today are not sustainable and are going [...]
David Cameron promises £140m turnaround of sink estates

January 10, 2016

David Cameron has promised £140m to redevelop so-called sink estates in an effort to tackle poverty and social problems. Some 100 housing estates across the UK will be redeveloped and some knocked down "starting from scratch" under new plans. "Behind front doors, families build warm and welcoming homes. But step outside in the worst estates [...]
Facebook Messenger app passes 800m users and David Marcus predicts decline of SMS and text messaging

January 7, 2016

Facebook is predicting the decline of SMS in 2016 as it revealed its Messenger app has passed the 800m user milestone. David Marcus, the vice president of Facebook messaging products said there is still "much more opportunity ahead" and the app, which launched in March 2014, was still in its early days. The figures mean Messenger [...]
Twitter, Facebook, Google and US tech giants blast “snooper’s charter” and encryption demands of Draft Investigatory Powers Bill

January 7, 2016

Facebook, Google and Twitter are among the US tech giants to blast the so-called snooper's charter, raising several concerns about the new legislation for monitoring communications. The tech companies, which took the unusual step of making a submission to the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill committee together and also includes Yahoo and Microsoft, highlighted concerns over the cross-border [...]
X gadgets from CES that bring sci-fi movies to life

January 7, 2016

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Paris shooting: Armed man wearing “explosive vest” shot dead by police on Charlie Hebdo anniversary

January 7, 2016

An armed man has been shot dead by police in Paris after trying to enter a police building in the city on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. The incident took place a the Rue de la Goutte d'Or in the 18th arrondissement in the north of the French capital. The man reportedly ran at the [...]

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