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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CIA interrogations criticised as “brutal” and “ineffective” in US Senate report

December 9, 2014

The Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation of terror suspects after 9/11 has been criticised in a major report by the US Senate committee. The CIA misled Americans, including the White House and Congress, on the effectiveness of “enhanced interrogations.” Interrogations were labelled “brutal” and the intelligence agency failed to secure information that foiled threats a Senate [...]
Korean Air exec Heather Cho resigns after nut-rage incident

December 9, 2014

Who doesn't get cranky when they take a flight? But, you can’t get away with throwing a tantrum when you're stuffed into tiny seats like a sardine as a tin can hurtles you 30,000 feet above the earth – not even if you’re an executive of the airline you're travelling with and your dad happens [...]
Snapchat hires Credit Suisse banker Imran Khan to lead strategy after billion dollar valuation

December 9, 2014

Snapchat has made its money-making intentions clear with the hire of a major investment banker from Credit Suisse. Evan Spiegel, the 24-year-old founder of the hugely popular messaging app, has brought in heavy hitter Imran Khan, formerly the head of investment at Credit Suisse who led the bank’s work on the Alibaba IPO earlier this [...]
New Scotland Yard sold for £370m to Abu Dhabi Financial Group – netting unexpected £120m

December 9, 2014

News Scotland Yard, the central London home of the Metropolitan Police, has been sold to a group of Abu Dhabi investors for £120m more than the building’s guide price. The Abu Dhabi Financial Group has been revealed as the buyer of the 1.7 acre, 600,000 sq ft site in Victoria, paying £370m after what was [...]
Conservatives should be more worried about Ukip switchers than Labour ahead of election

December 9, 2014

Ukip could be more damaging to the Conservatives than Labour, taking more than two million votes from the party at next year’s general election according to the latest political research. More Conservative voters could be swayed towards Ukip than Labour or Lib Dem voters, making a Labour government more likely. While one in five of [...]
Candy Crush Commons saga: Investigation launched after MP Nigel Mills caught playing game in parliamentary meeting

December 8, 2014

Would you rather talk about pensions or play a quick game of Candy Crush? We can guess most people’s choice, but it turns out politicians are no different to the rest of us. A Commons investigation has been launched after an MP admitted playing “a game or two” of the hit online game Candy Crush [...]
Brent Crude oil price slips to $67.35 a barrel, hitting a new five-year low

December 8, 2014

The price of Brent Crude has plunged to $67.35 a barrel, its lowest since the midst of the financial crisis in October 2009. The benchmark oil price fell almost $2 a barrel, or 2.5 per cent, hitting a new five-year low and surpassing its previous nadir on 1 December, as prices continue to tumble after [...]
Uber banned in New Delhi after driver rape allegations

December 8, 2014

Uber has been banned in the Indian capital of New Delhi after one of its drivers was arrested on suspicion of raping a passenger. “[The] Transport Department has banned all activities relating to providing any transport service by the www.Uber.com with immediate effect," the city’s government said in a statement. Indian police arrested the Uber [...]
North Korea praises Sony hack as a “righteous deed” but denies involvement

December 7, 2014

North Korea has denied it was behind a cyber attack on Sony Pictures over the studio’s new movie release which depicts an assassination attempt on the country’s leader Kim Jong-Un. The secretive country failed to distance itself from the attack which caused huge amounts of highly sensitive information to be leaked, praising the attack and [...]
Can Alex Salmond win a seat in Westminster?

December 7, 2014

Alex Salmond’s bid for a seat in the House of Common’s looks like a sure thing. The former First Minister for Scotland may have lost the independence vote but Salmond is still riding on a wave of SNP popularity that is likely to take him all the way to the UK parliament. The road from [...]

Drinking in stands hailed as success as more clubs join WSL pilot scheme

Drinking in stands hailed as success as more clubs join WSL pilot scheme

This Soho pub is putting on a ‘problematic’ show about a drunkard

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