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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This design may just become London’s newest bridge across the Thames connecting Nine Elms to Pimlico

November 26, 2015

A new design has been chosen as the option for a new bridge across the Thames connecting Nine Elms and Pimlico. The pedestrian and cycle bridge designed by Bystrup and Robin Snell & Partners has been crowned the winner of a competition for a new crossing over the capital's river. A panel of judges picked the spindly bridge concept from [...]
Apple Black Friday 2015 deals: Best UK sales for cheap iPhones, Macs, iPads, the Apple Watch and more – at Tesco, Currys PCWorld, John Lewis and others

November 26, 2015

Apple's not one to enter the Black Friday fray, but that doesn't mean you still can't bag a bargain on iPhones, iPads Macs and more. We've hunted high and low to sniff out the rare treat of saving money when buying something Apple. Here are the bargains we found. iPhone It may not be the newest [...]
Black Friday UK 2015 and Cyber Monday: More proof it’s the end of the deal day shopping bonanza? High street footfall expected to fall as Currys PC World, Carphone Warehouse and Argos start early

November 26, 2015

The number of shoppers on the high street is expected to fall of the Black Friday bonanza weekend, giving another gloomy outloook on the prospects of the deals day in Britain. Interest among shoppers has already dipped ahead of the day as many shops put out deals ahead of the day, which has once again been predicted to [...]
BBC Three will stop broadcasting by February as it moves online-only, Trust confirms – but there’ll be no BBC One +1 channel

November 26, 2015

BBC Three will cease broadcasting by February next year, the corporation confirmed today, in an attempt to save millions of pounds. The channel, aimed at a young adult audience, will move online-only. BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh defended the move as better serving them and the way younger audiences view television. "BBC Three is not closing, we are [...]
Christmas shopping 2015: Why the two second rule is the golden rule for online shopping even after Black Friday and Cyber Monday

November 26, 2015

Keeping websites up and running is not just for Black Friday – it's critical that online retailers keep their websites up and provide online shoppers with a quick and efficient experience throughout the festive season. On Black Friday last year, British consumers spent £810m on online purchases alone. That works out to a rate of £9,375 every second, [...]
UK immigration figures: Net migration in the UK has hit a record high after ONS latest figures reveal 336,000 in June

November 26, 2015

Migration figures have hit a new high of 336,000 in June, a rise of 82,000 on last year, official figures reveal. The number of people entering Britain increased by 62,000 while the number emigrating fell by 20,000 compared to the same time last year, creating an overall rise in net migration. Both EU and non-EU citizens arriving [...]
Black Friday UK 2015: Here’s how retailer websites Argos, Amazon, John Lewis, Currys and more are holding up as people hunt for deals

November 26, 2015

Customers hunting for Black Friday deals are being held back by the slowness of retailers' websites, with Argos customers waiting nearly 10 seconds to bag a bargain in some instances. The Argos website had temporary service issues for 15 minutes on the Friday before the biggest shopping day of the year, according to website analyst firm Capacitas. [...]
London’s black taxis will accept credit or debit card and contactless payments by October 2016 – but minimum fares will rise by 20p to pay for it

November 26, 2015

All black cabs will accept cards and contactless payments from October 2016, after plans for the industry to move with the times by accepting new ways to pay gained overwhelming support from the public. However, the minimum fare of £2.40 will rise across the board by 20p to accommodate the costs of using the new technology. Credit card [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: Transport for London loses billions in Spending Review as subsidies cut by Department of Transport

November 25, 2015

Transport for London will lose out on billions of pounds of funding after the government announced it will cut its subsidy in the Spending Review. The Department for Transport will phase out TfL's resource grant which makes up around six per cent of its annual budget, amounting to £2.8bn by 2019. The move comes as part of efforts by [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: George Osborne just compared the tampon tax to Libor banking fines as £15m raised will go to women’s charities

November 25, 2015

George Osborne has announced a new plan in the Autumn Statement, which probably sounded good on paper, but has not quite hit the mark as expected when announced out loud. The five per cent tax levied on tampons remains (despite many a campaign to abolish it), deferring a decision on it to Europe, but the chancellor revealed the [...]

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