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 21 most remote Airbnb rentals to escape it all – from an Alaskan cabin in the woods to beachy island hideouts

December 22, 2015

With thoughts turning to taking a break and looking towards a brand new year, what better time to plan an escape from it all – whether it's over the festive season, or something to look forward to upon the return to work. We've hunted high and low to dig out the places to stay on [...]
London house prices: The prime London property market has peaked – 2015 prices have hardly risen

December 22, 2015

London's prime property market faltered at the end of the year thanks to taxes and stamp duty changes continuing to dampen things. The premium housing market fell 0.8 per cent, on average in the last quarter of the year, compared to a 4.4 per cent rise in other prime markets across the country in places such as Cambridge, [...]
Standing desks: Did these researchers just kill them off? Sitting down doesn’t increase your risk of dying, scientists find

December 22, 2015

Scientists have been telling us for years that spending the day sitting down at work is bad for our health, even shaving years off our life. Now, sit back and relax – they might have been proved wrong. Another set of researchers who set out to challenge the claims, which have spawned an entire industry of [...]
Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons and even Lidl supermarkets slash Christmas 2015 advertising spend

December 22, 2015

Britain's beleaguered supermarkets have slashed the amount of cash they are spending on advertising over Christmas this year, with Tesco and Sainsbury's cutting budgets by as much as 30 per cent. Troubled Tesco made the biggest cuts to its festive advertising, spending almost £3m less in a four week run up to the big day compared to last [...]
Uber’s London HQ heads to Aldgate Tower while service expands to Sheffield, Bristol, Slough, Maidenhead, Windsor and more to follow

December 22, 2015

Uber’s attempts at world domination show no sign of abating as the disruptive taxi app arrives at five more locations in the UK and parks itself at a new London headquarters. The billion-dollar startup will move from King's Cross to take up a new spot of around 40,000 sq ft – double the size of [...]
ITV share price falls as Comcast pours cold water on NBCUniversal takeover talks

December 22, 2015

US cable company Comcast has poured cold water on speculation it's in talks for its entertainment arm NBCUniversal to takeover the UK's biggest broadcaster, ITV. ITV's share price closed nearly three per cent down on Monday, after a news report suggested the two companies had discussed a potential deal. It lost most of those gains, opening as [...]
Can money buy happiness? Material possessions make you happy in a different way to experiences, scientists say

December 22, 2015

It's the thought that counts when it comes to buying Christmas gifts – and while the old adage might suggest money can't buy you happiness, a new study seems to have contradicted that, finding that splashing the cash on material possessions really can cheer you up. Buying a new coffee maker, portable speakers or even some reindeer leggings, brings [...]
Camden Town Brewery AB InBev sale defended to craft beer lovers by founder Jasper Cuppaidge

December 21, 2015

The founder of Camden Town Brewery has been forced to defend a decision to sell the craft brewery to AB InBev, receiving angry questions during a Twitter Q+A today following news of the acquistion. Jasper Cuppaidge fielded questions from craft beer fans and investors, many of them worried that the beer would change or what would happen to [...]
Which actor is the best investment? Marvel Avengers stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Hemsworth provide biggest bang for their buck

December 21, 2015

If actors were stocks, investors would have landed their biggest returns from Captain America. Chris Evans, the actor who plays the marvel hero in the Avengers and the namesake films, gives the most bang for their buck of any actor, returning $214.20 for every $1 he's paid. Captain America isn't the only bankable Marvel star either. Scarlett [...]
Martin Shkreli fired as chief executive of KaloBios

December 21, 2015

Martin Shkreli, the self-styles pharma bro who was last week arrested on charges of securities fraud by the FBI, has been fired as chief executive of KaloBios. Shkreli rose to fame after hiking the price of a life-saving drug treatment by more than 5,000 per cent, earning him the title of the most hated man in America. [...]

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