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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Ebola cases rise for the first time in 2015 in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia

February 4, 2015

Cases of the deadly disease have increased for the first time in 2015 after weeks of encouraging declines. The number of new cases rose last week in all three of the hardest hit West African countries affected by the outbreak, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. Aid worker’s efforts are still being hampered by unsafe [...]
General Election 2015: Facebook’s voter registration reminder will prompt every single UK user to be on the electoral register for May

February 4, 2015

The next thing you’ll see being shared by everyone you know on Facebook might come as a surprise. It won’t be a hilarious video, the latest meme, or your friends and families pictures, and anyone who is averse to politics should stay away from Facebook on Thursday. Every single British adult in the UK who [...]
Ofcom refuses Virgin Media’s request to delay Premier League rights broadcast auction

February 4, 2015

Ofcom has refused a request made by Virgin Media to delay the auction of Premier League broadcast rights. The high-stakes bidding for the rights to broadcast the UK’s biggest football games will now continue as usual and is expected next week. Virgin Media is not making a bid for the rights, but the auction is [...]
Tesco Bank technical problems hit one in 20 customers

February 4, 2015

Tesco’s banking operations have suffered a technical problem which is preventing some customers from accessing their accounts. Tesco Bank has been hit by a computer fault which means customers are unable to view their current accounts, savings and loans information online. Credit card customers are unaffected by the issue. The bank estimated the glitch was [...]
Petrobras share price jumps as chief Maria das Graças Foster and five senior executives resign amid Brazil corruption scandal

February 4, 2015

Petrobras chief executive Maria das Graças Foster and five other senior executives of the Brazilian oil company have resigned in the wake of an ongoing corruption scandal. The departures sent shares in the state-run oil giant rising by more than six per cent in early trading in Sao Paulo, extending yesterday’s gains of more than [...]
Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct faces million-pound claim over bonus scheme which excluded zero-hour contracted staff

February 3, 2015

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct faces legal claims over its bonus scheme from hundreds of staff working at its stores which could run into millions of pounds. Nearly 300 workers on zero-hours contracts were excluded from a bonus scheme which gave around 2,000 staff who were permanently employed a windfall share of £160m worth of shares [...]
BT Sport website and app go down as Manchester United, Fulham and Sheffield United play FA Cup games

February 3, 2015

BT has suffered an outage of its website and app leaving BT Sport customers unable to watch three fourth-round FA Cup replay matches. Football fans planning to watch the live games on computers through BT Sport’s online player or via mobile on the BT Sport app have been unable to watch the action, including League [...]
BT Sport website and app goes down as Manchester United, Fulham and Sheffield United play FA Cup games

February 3, 2015

The website and app for BT Sport has gone down leaving football fans unable to watch three fourth-round FA Cup replay matches. Those planning to watch the live games, including League Two club Cambridge United facing top flight club Manchester United, on computers through BT Sport’s online player or via mobile on the BT Sport [...]
Arm unveils next generation mobile chips three times more powerful that use 75pc less energy

February 3, 2015

British chip designer Arm Holdings has unveiled its next generation in mobile processors which it says will make next year’s smartphones 50 times more powerful than those from five years ago. The FTSE 100 firm’s marketing chief Ian Drew said the new high-end chip design, known as the ARM Cortex-A72 processor, already has 10 licensees [...]
Tesco global CIO Mike McNamara leaves for US retailer Target as supermarket begins hunt for chief technology officer

February 3, 2015

Tesco’s top tech boss who was instrumental in the roll out of the supermarket's online and e-commerce business is exiting the company after 15 years for US retailer Target. Mike McNamara, who also sits on Tesco’s executive committee, has led the supermarket's global technology systems as chief information officer (CIO) since 2011. It's the latest in [...]

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