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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Financial crisis book The Big Short to be made into movie with Brad Pitt, Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling on board

January 14, 2015

One of the bestselling books about the financial crisis, The Big Short, is to get the Hollywood treatment with a string of A-listers on board. While the worst of the financial crisis is over (but full economic recovery debatable), the appetite of cinema-goers to linger on the drama, which began unfolding in 2007, is still [...]
Asda overtaken by Sainsbury’s as UK’s second largest supermarket but big four continue to slide

January 13, 2015

Asda has lost its title as the second largest supermarket in the UK to Sainsbury's, while discounters Aldi and Lidl continue making gains on the big four. Of the big four – Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons – sales fell by the smallest amount at Sainsbury’s, down 0.7 per cent. This helped it regain second place [...]
UK Inflation: Walkmans, videos and rollerblades – this is what the basket of goods looked like last time inflation was this low

January 13, 2015

The last time inflation was this low, shoppers were still buying Walkmans, recording their favourite TV shows using a VHS recorder – and rollerblades were A Thing. Prices rose just 0.5 per cent in December, the latest ONS figures reveal, the slowest rise since records began in 1989, and on a par with May 2000’s [...]
General Election 2015: Miliband, Farage and Clegg accuse Cameron of “running scared” from televised leader debates after refusing to appear without Green Party

January 8, 2015

Rival political parties have accused David Cameron of “running scared” from the televised debates ahead of the General Election, after he said he wouldn't take part in them unless the Green Party were also included. The Prime Minister made the comments after draft guidelines were made by Ofcom about who should appear. The report said [...]
Lidl is selling kilts for Burns Night in its latest Scottish inspired clothing range

January 8, 2015

Fancy picking up a kilt for Burns night with your weekly shop? Now you can thanks to Lidl with its latest range inspired by the Highlands. The German discounter is rolling out a line of traditional Scottish clothing across its UK stores after a successful trial in Scotland which sold out within days. Whether there's [...]
London Underground’s getting a new source of power that will save the capital money as well as reducing carbon emissions

January 8, 2015

The London Underground will soon be powered by a new energy source that will help London save money in addition to cutting pollution in the capital. The 100-year-old Greenwich Power Station will be revamped so it can generate low carbon energy to power the Tube network bringing what Boris Johnson called a “cathedral of power” [...]
EasyJet finance chief Chris Kennedy departs for chipmaker ARM

January 8, 2015

The finance chief carousel continues turning. EasyJet is losing its CFO Chris Kennedy to British chipmaker ARM after five years in the cockpit of the budget airline. ARM revealed it has poached Kennedy to replace outgoing finance man Tim Score who announced his retirement from the Cambridge-based company in May 2014. ARM chief Simon Segars [...]
Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur ban selfie sticks from the Emirates Stadium and White Hart Lane

January 7, 2015

Selfie sticks certainly don’t please everyone and now the narcissistic gadget has fallen on the wrong side of two of London’s biggest football clubs. Fans have been banned from using the popular device used to take photos from further away at Arsenal and Tottenham’s football grounds. Match-goers will not be able to take the sticks [...]
City Link mapped: Which depots are closing down and where are the 2,586 redundancies being made?

January 7, 2015

The administrators of collapsed parcel delivery firm City Link have announced further redundancies as it closes depots across the country after falling into administration on Christmas Eve. EY said 51 depots will close in the next week with the loss of another 230 jobs on top of the 2,300 announced on New Year's Eve, bringing [...]
Charlie Hebdo: Hundreds attend #JeSuisCharlie vigil in Trafalgar Square after Paris shooting

January 7, 2015

Trafalgar Square was the scene of a silent vigil this evening as Londoners paid their respects to those who lost their lives in a Paris shooting today. Several hundred people attended the vigil, which was organised this afternoon in response to the shootings at French magazine Charlie Hebdo's offices today in which 12 people were [...]

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