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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UK house prices: Home ownership is a distant dream even for middle England

December 20, 2015

Almost half of people who don't own their own home believe they never will as the time needed to save for a deposit hits an astonishing 24 years. Even a quarter of the richest of non-home owners think they will never get a foot on the first rung of the property ladder, new research reveals. "Low to middle [...]
Air France bomb scare “false alarm” after flight AF 463 from Mauritius to Paris makes emergency landing in Kenya

December 20, 2015

An Air France flight forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya after a suspicious item was found was a false alarm, said the airline's chief executive Frederic Gagey. The Boeing 777 from Mauritius to Paris was diverted to Moi International Airport in Mombasa where 459 passengers and 11 cabin crew were safely evacuated from the plane. [...]
More public sector bosses will have to return their golden goodbye bonuses under clawback rules

December 20, 2015

More highly paid public sector workers who leave their job with a generous golden goodbye, only to return to another public organisation soon after, will have to return the payout as the government cracks down on so-called boomerang bosses. Clawback laws introduced earlier this year will be expanded and the threshold for those the law applies to will be [...]
Mobile phone fines for drivers will soon increase under new government plans

December 20, 2015

Drivers breaking the law by using their mobile phones behind the wheel will soon be hit with more severe penalties if new proposals get the go ahead. The current fine for using a phone while driving would increase from £100 to £150 and drivers would lose an additional point from their licence taking the total penalty points to [...]
New Year wil be Airbnb’s busiest night of the year as one million renters expected – twice as many as last year

December 17, 2015

The number of people spending New Year in an Airbnb will double this year, the home sharing platform has said, as more people than ever before choose to escape the celebrations by renting out someone elses home. More than one million people are expected to be staying in a place rented on Airbnb when the clock strikes midnight, compared [...]
Jeff Williams promoted to Apple’s chief operating officer, Phil Schiller to head App Store, Grey’s Tor Myhren hired for marketing and communications in rare management rejig

December 17, 2015

Jeff Williams has been named Apple's new chief operating officer, in a rare reshuffle of the tech company's senior team. “We are fortunate to have incredible depth and breadth of talent across Apple’s executive team. As we come to the end of the year, we’re recognising the contributions already being made by two key executives,” said [...]
Paddy Power Betfair merger: Betty Power gets the green light from the Competition and Markets Authority

December 17, 2015

The merger between betting giants Paddy Power and Betfair, dubbed Betty Power, has been given the green light by the UK regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into the deal in November and whether it would lessen competition in the market. The bookies have cleared the hurdle and the CMA has now ruled that the merger [...]
“Most hated” pharma exec Martin Shkreli reportedly arrested in federal investigation of Retrophin

December 17, 2015

Martin Shkreli, the man who became infamous for hiking the price of a pharmaceutical drug by more than 5,000 per cent, has been arrested on charges related to securities fraud, according to reports. The charges are related to a former drug company he founded and his time as manager of hedge fund MSMB Capital, Reuters reported, [...]
Fracking companies Ineos and Cuadrilla win new UK licences as a further 2.8m acres of shale gas exploration in north west England, North Yorkshire and East Midlands approved

December 17, 2015

Ineos has hailed a shale gas revolution in Britain, after the government's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) granted 93 licences for fracking across a further 2.8m acres of land. “We are delighted with today’s announcement. The UK government has demonstrated it is determined to move forward with this exciting new industry," said Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe. "This is the start of [...]
Ineos gains fracking licences for a further 700,000 acres of shale gas exploration in north west England, North Yorkshire and East Midlands

December 17, 2015

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