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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AB InBev buys London craft beer maker Camden Town Brewery

December 21, 2015

Drinks giant AB InBev has snapped up London craft brewer Camden Town Brewery. The north London brewer is the second craft beer maker in the capital to be bought up this year, after Meantime in Greenwich was acquired by SABMiller this summer. The two may will be drinking buddies however, after a £71bn brewing mega-deal between AB [...]
BBC axes Formula 1 broadcasting and new deal for Channel 4 to air next season with no adverts during live races revealed

December 21, 2015

The BBC has axed Formula 1 from its TV line-up to save much needed cash as part of widespread cuts across the corporation, with Channel 4 picking up the broadcast rights instead. The BBC said it would "reluctantly" end its TV contract three years early in order to make the savings. BBC Sport must make £35m of budget [...]
This London WWII shelter is being brought back to life by Transport for London

December 21, 2015

A long-abandoned Tube station bomb shelter used by Londoners during the Second World War will be brought back to life and turned into a new cafe and events space. The grade II listed building connected to Clapham South Tube station and overlooking Clapham Common hides eight deep-level air-raid shelters and connecting tunnels beneath that would have held 8,000 Londoners in the Blitz. The [...]
Three things we learned about Apple from Tim Cook on 60 Minutes – Tax “crap”, encryption and China

December 21, 2015

Tim Cook has made a rare media appearance talking everything Apple, from tax to China, on CBS's 60 Minutes show. The chief executive of the world's largest listed company with a market cap of more than half a billion dollars, set the record straight on several criticism's of the tech giant. Here's what he had [...]
The Apprentice 2015 final: Five things we learned from winner Joseph Valente (and loser Vana Koutsomitis)

December 21, 2015

Lord Sugar’s decision between “fixing broken hearts or broken boilers” underlines the gulf between the business plans – and personalities – of The Apprentice finalists Joseph Valente and Vana Koutsomitis. In opting for plumbing over play dates, Valente over Vana, Lord Sugar showed his trademark no-nonsense approach tinged with an element of risk, as the plumbing sector is new to [...]
ITV share price jumps on report of Comcast’s NBCUniversal bidding to takeover home of Downton Abbey

December 21, 2015

The prospect of a takeover of the maker of Downtown Abbey has re-emerged with a fresh report that ITV is considering a sale to the US giant NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast, following meetings between the two broadcasters' bosses. Speculation that the British broadcaster is ripe for takeover has been rife for years, becoming a lucrative target since transforming under the stewardship [...]
Bank of England’s Martin Weale says an interest rate rise is less urgent

December 21, 2015

Bank of England rate setter Martin Weale has signalled a less hawkish tone on interest rates, saying the need for them to rise was "less immediate". Downward pressure on inflation, weak wage growth and falling commodity prices has given the monetary policy committee (MPC) more breathing space than expected, Weale told the Daily Telegraph. "I initially thought that the weak [...]
Star Wars Episode 7 The Force Awakens smashes box office records with $517m opening weekend worldwide

December 20, 2015

Star Wars has lived up to the fever pitch hype breaking box office records over the weekend. The hugely anticipated seventh Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, raked in $517m (£347m) across the globe, and grossed a record $238m in the US and Canada alone, making it the biggest ever opening weekend in history ahead of dinosaur [...]
Netflix corporation tax bill was zero last year despite millons of customers, report claims

December 20, 2015

Netflix is the latest company to face scrutiny over its tax arrangements as it was revealed that it paid no corporation tax in the UK last year, reports claim. It's estimated the TV and film subscription service known for Emmy award winning shows House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, made £200m in revenues from its [...]
EU referendum: Liam Fox tells David Cameron to let ministers campaign for Brexit

December 20, 2015

Prime Minister David Cameron is facing fresh divisions in the Conservative party over the EU referendum, as more senior MPs call for a "free vote" for Cabinet ministers. Earlier today, former defence secretary Liam Fox called for ministers to have the freedom to take sides in the EU referendum debate, even if they disagree with the [...]

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