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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Arsenal co-owner Alisher Usmanov is no longer Russia’s richest man

January 7, 2015

Billionaire Alisher Usmanov has lost his claim to the title of Russia’s richest man after losing a quarter of his fortune last year as the country’s oligarchs felt sanctions and the rouble crisis bite. Usmanov, who owns a 30 per cent stake in Arsenal, lost $4.5bn (£3bn) between March and December last year, falling from [...]
It looks like Theresa May’s Home Office plans to restrict visas of foreign graduates have been derailed by George Osborne

January 6, 2015

Theresa May’s plans to kick foreign students out of the UK after they graduate look like they’ve been derailed after being widely slammed by business groups, politicians and entrepreneur James Dyson. George Osborne is said to have quashed the Home Secretary’s plans to force foreign students to leave the UK before re-applying for work visas, [...]
Hargreaves Lansdown sacks employee over “joke” tweet about hitting cyclist with car

January 6, 2015

An employee at finance firm Hargreaves Lansdown has been sacked after tweeting that he had hit a cyclist while driving to work, but didn’t stop because he was late. Rayhan Qadar tweeted “Think I just hit a cyclist, But I’m late for work so had to drive off lol” on Monday morning telling the BBC [...]
Lego Movie is top grossing film of 2014, but UK box office takings fall to lowest in 20 years

January 6, 2015

Everything is awesome for the makers of the Lego Movie as it pulled in the most cinema-goers in 2014 topping the year’s UK box office charts. The film, featuring more than three million animated bricks, pulled in £34.3m from audiences in the UK and Ireland beating the second movie in the Hobbit trilogy, The Battle [...]
Fat Cat Tuesday: Top bosses have already earned a year’s salary in 2015, just two days into the working year

January 6, 2015

Top business bosses have already earned a year’s salary in 2015 on the day dubbed “Fat Cat Tuesday”. Just two days into the new working year, while most workers are still emerging blinking into the grey daylight, weighed down by mince pies after the Christmas break, business chiefs will already have earned a massive £27,200. [...]
Uber London driver suspended after gay couple say they were thrown out of cab for “kissing and cuddling”

January 5, 2015

An Uber driver in London has been suspended after a gay couple claimed they were kicked out of the cab for kissing and cuddling. The passengers, Corey Watts and Jordan Sloat, complained to Uber after they had been asked to get out a few minutes into their journey on New Year’s Day. When the couple [...]
CES 2015: Samsung reveals SUHD TV and Tizen smart TV platform

January 5, 2015

Samsung has revealed a new line of ultra high-definition curved TVs it's calling SUHD which run on the new smart TV platform Tizen. In an event at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the firm revealed it already had a 60 per cent share of the UHD market, with its curved screens making up half of [...]
CES 2015: LG launches new Oled 4K HD TV range, Web OS 2.0 smart TV platform and partners with Netflix and GoPro

January 5, 2015

LG has unveiled a new range of TVs and a smart TV platform for creating a fully connected home entertainment system as it battles to remain the centre of people’s living rooms- and their lives. As the roles are reversed and smartphones increasingly become people’s first screen while TV is relegated to second place, the [...]
CES 2015: LG unveils G Flex 2 curved smartphone

January 5, 2015

LG has launched a new model of its curved G Flex smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The G Flex 2 has curved edges on all sides giving it a sleek look and offers a “truly immersive viewing experience” on the curved screen, as well as making it easier to hold [...]
Mark Zuckerberg’s book club: Facebook founder invites people to join his 2015 challenge to read a book every other week

January 5, 2015

It’s that time of year again when resolutions are made and many more broken. Those struggling to stick to theirs should be heartened that even the world’s biggest entrepreneur and richest man thinks he needs to do a little self-improvement. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has set himself a challenge of reading a new book every [...]

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