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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Gett Wine: Now Londoners can get wine on-demand within 10 minutes as taxi app expands product delivery range

December 7, 2015

There's a new solution to wine emergencies (we've all been there): on-demand wine delivery straight to your door. Whether it's a last minute event and you need to show up with a bottle in hand, or it's just been a long week at the office, getting hold of the latest red is now as easy [...]
Australia’s investing millions to create a tech boom as mining declines

December 7, 2015

Australia will invest millions in an attempt to create a new tech boom, as mining in the country declines. An AUS$1.1 billion (£534m) package of measures designed to encourage entrepreneurship and new business includes reduced capital gains tax for startups, income tax rebates for retail investors and immigration changes to hire talent. "The mining boom, [...]
Leadenhall Street stabbing leaves man critically injured in hospital

December 6, 2015

Four men have been arrested in connection with a stabbing at the centre of the Square Mile which left a man critically injured in hospital. The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday morning on Leadenhall Street near the Lloyds of London building. A City of London police spokesman told the Evening Standard: “He is currently in [...]
Storm Desmond Carlisle floods close United Biscuits’ McVities factory as army drafted in and Cobra meeting called to handle flood fallout

December 6, 2015

The Carlisle factory of United Biscuits, maker of McVities chocolate digestives and other biscuits, has flooded after storm Desmond wreaked chaos across the north of England. Read more: Insurers already ready for bad weather and Storm Desmond The factory in Church Street, Caldewgate is flooded by water more than a metre high, and staff have been told to remain at home, according to reports. [...]
Leytonstone Tube station stabbing latest: “Terrorist incident” investigation leads to east London address search while Twitter responds with #YouAintNoMuslimBruv

December 6, 2015

An incident at Leytonstone Tube station in which three people were injured is being treated as a "terrorist incident", the Metropolitan police have said and an address in east London is being searched. Police were called to the station in east London at around 7pm on Saturday evening after reports of a man threatening people with [...]
Soon foreigners could be charged for using NHS A&E, ambulance and GP services

December 6, 2015

People using health services may soon be charged for them if they are not from Britain under new proposals. The government will begin consulting on plans to recover the costs of using services run by the NHS, including visits to GPs and Accident and Emergency departments, from foreign visitors and migrants. The move, which would extend the [...]
David Cameron’s age according to a robot after 10 years as Conservative party leader

December 6, 2015

It's hard work being a leader. Understandably, anyone put in charge of a country, or a political party's bid to do that, can expect to look a little greyer and a little more grizzled after a few years at the top. From a fresh-faced 39 year-old to a near 50 year old, David Cameron is celebrating [...]
Tesco’s getting into vinyl and will start selling records by Coldplay, George Ezra and classics from the Beatles, and Nirvana

December 6, 2015

Music fans worried that the spectre of streaming is killing off the music industry, relax – here's one sign that vinyl still holds a place in people's hearts Now, along with supermarket staples such as bread and milk, shoppers can add the sounds of Coldplay, The Rolling Stones and Radiohead to there shopping basket, in LP format. [...]
Bank of England approves 19 insurers’ solvency II models for capital ratios ahead of EU 2016 rules, including Aviva, Prudential and Lloyds of London

December 6, 2015

Several of Britain's biggest insurance firms, including Aviva, Prudential and Lloyds of London have been given the thumbs up by the Bank of England for new rules governing how much capital they should hold. The Solvency II capital rules which come into force across the EU from the start of next year, mean insurers are able [...]
Uber just raised a massive $1.2bn in its latest funding round, valuing it at up to $40bn

December 4, 2015

Uber has raised a massive $1.2bn in its latest funding round, finally confirming the previously rumoured investment in a blog post. Travis Kalanick, Uber’s founder and chief executive, said the funding would be used “to make substantial investments, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.” The round is understood to value the firm at up to [...]

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