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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The Ehang 184 Jetsons-style drone can carry people in ambtious plans for driverless flying cars

January 7, 2016

We've already had a batmobile-style car, now CES has delivered a drone that can carry people, turning the famous flying car from cartoon The Jetsons into reality. The futuristic, if slightly terrifying sounding vehicle, has been unveiled by Chinese tech company Ehang and manages to combine the top two trends predicted to dominate this year's biggest tech show – drones and [...]
Work-life balance isn’t working: 40 per cent of us feel life is skewed towards work and many businesses don’t want to help change that

January 7, 2016

For all the talk of work-life balance being better for business and technology making flexible working easier than ever, 40 per cent of workers in Britain feel their lives are still skewed towards work – and many businesses are reluctant to change that anytime soon. Two thirds of employers do not offer flexible working, workers [...]
Oculus Rift: March shipping date and price for UK and 20 countries revealed by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

January 6, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed Facebook's Oculus will ship its first virtual reality device on 28 March after becoming available for pre-order today. Tech fans will be able to get their hands on the headset in these 20 countries initially: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States. Shops will also stock Oculus from April and the company said it had [...]
Yahoo and Marissa Mayer under renewed pressure from activist investor Starboard Value

January 6, 2016

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer has come under renewed pressure over her leadership as activist investor Starboard Value once again called for a shake up of management and strategy at the troubled internet media business. The hedge fund warned that it may seek to oust board directors if it does not accept "that significant changes are needed". [...]
Appy Christmas: $1.1bn sales record breaker for Apple’s App Store

January 6, 2016

Apple is celebrating a record-breaking Christmas after people spent $1.1bn (£753m) through the App Store over the festive season. $140m was spent on New Year's Day alone, Apple's biggest single day of sales after Christmas day. That includes apps themselves, in-app purchases (think buying lives on Candy Crush), across iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watch and Apple [...]
Twitter limit: This is what 10,000 characters looks like in the opening chapters of War and Peace, Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century, the Bible and other familiar books

January 6, 2016
Driverless car bump in the road? Our three biggest fears about autonomous vehicles, revealed

January 6, 2016

It's the year of the driverless car, as everyone from big tech companies to traditional car brands, ambitious startups to academics, make inroads in the burgeoning technology which could soon change the way we travel. There may be one bump in the road to mass adoption, however, and that's consumers. Half of us would refuse to [...]
Watch: Base jumper leaps from skyscrapers around Canary Wharf in heart-stopping video

January 6, 2016

If your stomach turns at the mere thought of any height taller than the top of the Tube escalator, look away now – a new video reveals a never-seen-before view of the capital from one of the City's iconic skylines . One man's brave but terrifying leap from a building next to Canary Wharf (with a parachute) reveals what it's [...]
Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus: Production cut reports send shares lower

January 6, 2016

Apple is to cut production of its newest handsets, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, by as much as 30 per cent, according to reports – which sent shares sliding. Production of the handsets will be reduced in the first quarter of the 2016, Nikkei reported, as inventory piles up in developed markets such as Europe and China [...]
Green Party want to bolish London travel zones

January 5, 2016

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Two top flight clubs in same league to be owned by same firm after major sport decision

Premier League’s smallest stadium gets approval to begin £90m rebuild

This hotel on the Elizabeth Line is 30 minutes from London but feels totally remote

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