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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Greek debt crisis: Referendum spurs Greek job hunters to search abroad… and the UK is a favourite

July 13, 2015

The prospect of a Grexit has caused a massive spike in the number of people looking for work outside of Greece, particularly among highly skilled workers. The country experienced a surge in citizens searching for jobs abroad as its debt crisis deepened and the referendum was announced, data from job website Indeed reveals. The share [...]
Paris Primark: Gunmen hold up store in suspected armed robbery in suburb of Villeneuve-la-Garenne

July 13, 2015

Gunmen have held up a Primark store in the suburbs of Paris in a suspected armed robbery, with several people reportedly held hostage. The Primark store is located in the Qwartz shopping centre in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, an area to the north of the centre of Paris. Further reports say around 18 people have been evacuated from [...]
Wimbledon 2015 prize money: How long would it take you to earn as much as Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Wimbledon’s winners and losers?

July 12, 2015

The Federer versus Djokovic showdown on centre court is the richest final ever and a generous prize pot of £1.88m is going to Djokovic. Of course, it takes much more than a day to make it to the Wimbledon final, but it would likely take you around 72 years of working the normal nine to five to pocket [...]
Greek debt crisis: Angela Merkel, Alexis Tsipras, Francois Hollande and Eurozone leaders assemble for Brussels bailout talks

July 12, 2015

Eurozone leaders have assembled in Brussels to discuss a deal to bailout Greece from its debt crisis after a morning of talks between finance ministers. “We’re now going to inform the leaders we’ve finalised our discussion. We’ve come a long way but a couple of big issues still are open so we’re going to put [...]
Red Bull Soapbox Race 2015: In pictures – Wacky Races comes to London’s Alexandra Palace

July 12, 2015

The streets of London were filled with weird and wacky homemade karts in a Wacky Races-style event held at Alexandra Palace on Sunday. The Red Bull Soapbox Race hosted elaborately crafted designs which looked like a toaster, strawberry and sewing machine on wheels, lovingly created by the 65 teams competing – also wearing some [...]
Leaving London? A third of Londoners would be better off living elsewhere

July 12, 2015

A third of Londoners believe they would be better off living elsewhere, new research reveals, following a sudden spate of articles about leaving the capital. Asked if they would probably be better off somewhere else, or if they wouldn't really want to be anywhere else, 36 per cent of 1,000 people surveyed agreed elsewhere would [...]
Business secretary Sajid Javid defends “regressive” Budget on Marr

July 12, 2015

Business secretary Sajid Javid has defended criticism of the government's Budget as regressive, following an analysis by the Institue of Fiscal Studies, concluding it was "not the Budget of a tax reforming chancellor". "As in every Budget, there will be some losers and some winners," said Javid, responding to questioning on the BBC's Andrew Marr [...]
BBC charter review panel: Meet the eight people deciding the broadcaster’s future

July 12, 2015

The government has selected a panel of independent advisors to lead a review of the BBC's royal charter, which will shape the future of the public broadcaster. An eight-person team of media professionals and experts, with backgrounds in broadcasting, production, technology and media regulation, have been chosen by the culture secretary John Whittingdale to conduct [...]
Greece debt crisis: EC president Donald Tusk cancels 28 member EU Summit as European finance ministers resume “difficult” talks

July 12, 2015

An emergency summit between the 28 leaders of the European Union has been called off, as talks between European finance ministers resume today in a last-ditch effort to come to an agreement on Greece's bailout proposals. Ministers locked in talks until midnight on Saturday failed to come to a consensus on Greece's proposals for new [...]
Bompas and Parr Alcoholic Architecture: This new London bar has its own alcohol weather system that’s literally a cocktail cloud

July 9, 2015

A new bar is set to open in London which has its own alcohol weather system – quite literally a cocktail cloud. Created by food boffins Bompas and Parr, the concepts of mixology and meteorology have collided to create an alcoholic cloud which guests can wander through at a spot near Borough Market. The installation [...]

Revealed: Secret Treasury plan to tax State Pension before it is paid out

Silverstone safe amid MotoGP calendar shake-up, chiefs insist

New City venue rethinks competitive socialising… again

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