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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Apple event to be held 9 September for expected iPhone 6s launch and release date reveal

August 28, 2015

Apple has revealed the date of an event where it's widely expected to unveil the latest generation of the iPhone, following the record-breaking success of the iPhone 6. The California-based tech company has sent out an invitation to an event on 9 September, at the San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, saying only "Hey Siri, [...]
Night Tube delayed: How the anticipated launch of the first 24-hr Tube service was derailed

August 27, 2015

It's a dream come true for London's partygoers (or anyone who works late into the night for that matter) – but the Night Tube has become a nightmare. The 24-hour Tube will no longer be hitting the tracks in two weeks' time when it was expected to, after Transport for London postponed its launch today. [...]
Meeting friends in London? Don’t bank on it – Londoners are terrible at keeping plans and lie about why they’re cancelling

August 27, 2015

If it feels like it's impossible to stick to a date to meet up with friends anywhere in London, then you're right – but you're probably just as bad at cancelling plans as they are. Londoners are truly terrible at bailing out of meeting up with their nearest and dearest – and we lie about [...]
Nazi gold train: “Significant discovery” made in Walbrzych, Poland in search for World War Two treasure legend

August 27, 2015

What's being described as a "significant discovery" has been made in Poland after two men claimed to have found an abandoned Nazi train filled with gold. The deputy mayor of Walbrzych, a town in the south-west of Poland, has confirmed that a train found in the area is "military in nature", although no mention of [...]
This is why the world needs Facebook M: Its new AI and people-powered virtual personal assistant in Messenger app could be better than Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana and Google Now

August 27, 2015

Soon Facebook will be able to answer any question you have, book a restaurant on your behalf and give you the weather forecast for the day. The social network is working on creating its very own virtual assistant like the already well-known and commonly used Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana and Google Now. Facebook is testing the service, called [...]
John Whittingdale’s BBC velvet glove at Edinburgh TV Festival masks a hand of steel

August 26, 2015

John Whittingdale struck a conciliatory tone on the BBC at the Edinburgh TV Festival, saying "It was never our intention to create the impression that the BBC was under attack". The culture secretary explained that much would remain unchanged at the BBC of the future. The licence fee was still the only option because the [...]
Meet the “McWhopper”: Burger King proposes joining forces with McDonald’s to create hybrid burger ending decades of rivalry on Peace Day

August 26, 2015

Burger King is taking on the role of Frankenstein and wants to create a (delicious) monster hybrid burger combining the best bits of its Whopper and the McDonald's Big Mac – aka, the McWhopper. The burger chain has offered an olive branch to its rival, calling for them to join forces and create the burger [...]
Windows 10 now running on 75m devices in 192 countries, Microsoft figures reveal

August 26, 2015

More than 75m devices around the world are now running Windows 10 since Microsoft released the new operating system less than a month ago. That means 31 devices – including phones, laptops and Xbox games consoles – were upgraded every single second over the last 28 days. It's the second time Microsoft has released figures [...]
Morrisons pulled up on Match & More price-match advert claims against competitors Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Aldi and Lidl

August 26, 2015

Morrisons has been told it must be clearer about its promise to match the prices of competitors, including Aldi and Lidl. The supermarket's Match & More scheme, which is the only one of the big four to match the prices of the German discounters, has been pulled up by the advertising watchdog for not clearly [...]
Train strikes: First Great Western bank holiday weekend action will go ahead as RMT union talks fail

August 26, 2015

Strikes on First Great Western trains will go ahead over the busy August bank holiday weekend after talks between unions and the train company failed to come to an agreement. RMT union members working for First Great Western, including guards and attendants, will walk out on Saturday 29 August for 72 hours in a dispute [...]

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