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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UK tech urges Theresa May to clarify skilled immigration in hard Brexit speech

January 16, 2017

The UK tech industry is calling on Theresa May to consider the need for skilled migrants in her plans for Brexit, which are due to be revealed in a highly-anticipated speech on Tuesday. The Prime Minster is expected to lay out her most detailed plans yet for a so-called hard Brexit that would mean an exit from the Single Market, customs union [...]
This fintech startup is crowdfunding fresh investment

January 16, 2017

A fintech startup whose app helps people better manage their money is seeking fresh funding via crowdfunding. Squirrel is seeking to raise £400,000 on equity crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom, with £100,000 of that already promised by angel investor Jos Evans. The two-year-old startup offers users a bank account and budgeting features and already has more than [...]
Angry Birds makes post-Brexit London happy as Rovio opens games studio

January 16, 2017

Rovio, the maker of hit game Angry Birds, has landed in London and will set up a new games studio in the capital bringing with it at least 20 new jobs. Hot on the heels of Snap, which last week unveiled plans for its growth in London, it's another stamp of approval for UK tech after the [...]
Forget Blue Monday, Trump’s election was the most depressing day of the last six years

January 16, 2017

Blue Monday, the third Monday in January, may have become the unofficial day of the year labelled the most miserable (mostly by PRs trying to flog a story), but now we have some official debunking from data scientists on the matter which indicates just when we have felt the most depressed. The day Donald Trump won [...]
The company behind the Airlander “flying bum” is planning to IPO in London

January 16, 2017

The British company behind the world's biggest airship is planning to list on London's junior market. Hybrid Air Vehicles, the maker of the Airlander hybrid aircraft nicknamed the flying bum for its appearance, will seek to raise £50m with a float pencilled in for the end of 2017 or early 2018 on London's Alternative Investment Market. HAV [...]
The boss of the CIA has some advice for tweetstorm-loving Trump

January 15, 2017

The outgoing boss of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has warned tweet-happy President-elect Donald Trump to think about what he says before reacting. John Brennan, who will leave office with Obama and his administration, issued a stern warning to Trump, who last week accused the intelligence organisation of practices that were "something that Nazi Germany would [...]
Facebook steps up fake news fight in Germany as UK MPs consider inquiry

January 15, 2017

Facebook is stepping up its efforts in the fight against fake news, expanding a recently introduced fact-checking feature to Germany as UK MPs are said to be mulling a full-blown inquiry into the issue. Users in Germany will be able to flag articles they believe to be false news for fact checking with a third party. [...]
Passport queues at airports could soon become longer (you can probably guess why)

January 15, 2017

Queues at Britain's airports could soon become longer as a harder border between the UK and Europe after Brexit could increase the time it takes for passengers to pass through border control. The warning of potentially "severe disruption" comes from the Airport Operators Association which represents more than 50 airports in the UK. The UK Border [...]
Are we more or less happy after the Brexit vote?

January 15, 2017

The unexpected and shock result of the vote to leave Europe is just one of the events that has in recent months illustrated an increasingly divided world. But, in this new territory of uncertain times, fake news, and where it sometime feels like up is down and black is white, just what effect is that having on [...]
Davos 2017: Who’s at the World Economic Forum and who’s not? Theresa May and Philip Hammond head to Switzerland along with bank bosses and, um, Jamie Oliver

January 15, 2017

The great and the good of the global elite will head to the slopes Switzerland this week for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos. From bank bosses to economists, tech stars to politicians – and even a sprinkling of celebrity glitz – the agenda for the 47th meeting may be centred around the concept of [...]

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