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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London’s most talked about restaurant, street food venue and vendor in 2015 – Cereal Killer Cafe, Box Park, The Rib Man beat Street Feast, Shake Shack and Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium

December 3, 2015

For any food lover, 2015 has been a delight, but what and where was it that got us licking our lips and telling out friends, family and anyone who will listen, about the most? Thanks to Twitter, we may have an answer. Cereal Killer Cafe was one, and the most mentioned restaurant in the city, pipping to the [...]
Star Wars economics: How destroying the Death Star created a financial crisis across the Galactic Empire after Return of the Jedi

December 3, 2015

Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and the rest of the Rebel Alliance may have triumphed in defeating the Galactic Empire's overlord Lord Palpatine, but with freedom would have come financial collapse. As government infrastructure projects go, Death Stars are rather pricey. The cost of building two – both destroyed within four years by the end of Return of the Jedi – stands [...]
Street Feast owner London Union backed by Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver crowdfunds millions for expansion

December 3, 2015

London Union, the celeb-backed company behind Street Feast, Dinerama and Hawker House co-founded by the creator of Leon restaurants has raised millions of pounds to expand across the city. With the public appetite for street food only rising, it raised £2.5m on crowdfunding site Seedrs, with 160 individuals investing between £5,000 and £200,000. It has also raising a [...]
The Ofcom 4G spectrum sale has been postponed until 2016 due to Telefonica and Hutchison’s O2 Three merger and BT and EE’s mobile mega deal

December 3, 2015

The government's sale of 4G spectrum which is expected to net the Treasury at least £70m has been delayed by the deal between Hutchison and Telefonica to merge mobile its networks O2 and Three. The auction process was due to commence this month, however, it will now go ahead as late as summer next year to wait for an EU decision on [...]
Alan Yentob quits £183,000-a-year BBC creative director role following Kids Company storm

December 3, 2015

BBC stalwart Alan Yentob has stepped down from his creative director role following revelations about his involvement with the now defunct charity Kids Company. In a statement he said: The BBC is going through particularly challenging times and I have come to believe that the speculation about Kids Company and the media coverage revolving around my role is [...]
Samsung Gear VR launches in UK: Virtual reality device priced at just £80 released

December 3, 2015

Technology fans can finally get their hands on Samsung's virtual reality device, after it launched in the UK with a rather affordable (in tech terms) £80 price tag. The Gear VR is one of the first devices to hit the market, bringing the fledgling technology to the masses. It first went on sale in the US a month ago and [...]
Here’s what we searched online in 2015 in Britain, according to Bing: Politics, royalty, Rugby World Cup and Star Wars: The Force Awakens

December 3, 2015

The General Election, the Labour leadership race and the attacks in Paris are the events of 2015 which occupied our thoughts the most – or our search habits, at least. It was political and world events which dominated the top 10 most searched for news events this year, but royalty also piqued the interest of Britons. The insight into our [...]
Former Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins was “surprised” at being sacked

December 3, 2015

Former Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins has spoken of his surprise at being sacked from one of banking's top jobs this summer – but admitted "these things happen" The "nice guy of banking" has spoken publicly for the first time about the event in which the bank's new chairman, John "Mack the Knife" McFarlane, said a new style was [...]
Yahoo shares rise on speculation of “core” business sell-off and Alibaba stake as Marissa Mayer and board meet

December 2, 2015

Shares in US media and tech firm Yahoo have shot up more than six per cent as speculation surrounding the company's future mounts. It's been suggested Yahoo is considering selling off its core internet business – it's main news and sports website and email service – when its board meets this week. Just a fortnight ago, activist investor [...]
How we drastically overestimate the proportion of immigrants in Britain and young people living with parents but underestimate obesity levels and female politicians in parliament

December 2, 2015

Everything you think you know is wrong. Almost everything, anyway: new research by Ipsos Mori has suggested that when people are asked to gauge things such as age, wealth and religion, the majority of people get it drastically wrong. Want proof? When it comes to perception versus reality, here are six areas where you might just be wildly off the [...]

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