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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Watch: Transformer robot can fold itself up like origami all on its own

August 7, 2014

Researchers have created a robot that can change its shape by folding itself up like a piece of origami and crawl away. Built by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, it is the first robot that can build itself and perform a function without any input needed from humans. The prototype is able [...]
Philip Hampton is being lined up to replace Sir Christopher Gent as GSK’s next chairman

August 7, 2014

Sir Philip Hampton is being lined up to take the role of chairman at Britain’s biggest drug company Glaxosmithkline after exiting Royal Bank of Scotland, Sky News reports. It’s said that Hampton will join GSK as early as next month as a non-executive director or deputy chairman, moving into the chairman’s seat by 2015. GSK’s [...]
People spend more time using technology than sleeping: What are they doing with their time?

August 7, 2014

People spend more time using technology than they do sleeping, according to Ofcom's latest report. Adults in the UK spend on average eight hours and 41 minutes a day using media and communication devices, more than the eight hours and 21 minutes people spend each day sleeping. If time spent multitasking on devices is taken into [...]
Murdoch ends $80bn Time Warner bid, plans $6bn share buyback

August 6, 2014

Rupert Murdoch has ended his $80bn bid for Time Warner after it refused to engage with 21st Century Fox over the proposed deal. It ends considerable speculation over a deal which would have created a giant in the American media landscape. 21st Century Fox will instead buy back $6bn of its shares over the next [...]
Scottish independence debate: Here’s what Twitter’s saying about Salmond V Darling

August 5, 2014

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling, leader of the Better Together campaign, are going head to head in a live TV debate ahead of the Scottish Independence Referendum. In the blue corner, Salmond is urging Scotland to vote for independence, and on the other side is Darling, who is arguing for Scotland to [...]
Russia can’t decide if it’s made an oil deal with Iran or not

August 5, 2014

Russia announced it had agreed a five-year deal with Iran to help export oil from the Middle Eastern country earlier today, only for Russian energy minister Alexander Novak to later withdraw his statement about the agreement. Novak had said: "Based on Iran's proposal, we will participate in arranging shipments of crude oil, including to the [...]
iPhone 6: Apple could launch new iPhone on 9 September

August 5, 2014

Apple is planning a big media event for 9 September when it could reveal the much anticipated iPhone 6. The new iPhone has been widely rumoured for a September launch and Recode reports that Apple has now planned an event for the 9th- just five weeks away. The tech giant has traditionally unveiled its next [...]
BBC refuses Russian request to remove web story in Kremlin media crackdown

August 5, 2014

The BBC has refused a request by Russia’s state media watchdog to remove an interview with the activist and artist Artem Loskutov from its Russian service website which the government deems “extremist”. Roskomnadzor, the state-run media regulator, requested the story published on 31 July be removed from bbcrussia.com to comply with the country’s laws on [...]
Lights out across London landmarks as capital marks First World War centenary

August 4, 2014

Lights have gone out across the capital to mark the centenary of Britain's entry into the First World War. London landmarks including Tower Bridge, the London Eye and Downing Street went dark to commemorate the moment. The screens of Piccadilly Circus played a roll of honour naming the 2,000 residents of Westminster borough who fought and [...]
HP and Autonomy battle escalates as lawsuit against Mike Lynch and former Autonomy exec looms

August 4, 2014

HP has filed court papers saying it has the backing of shareholders to sue Autonomy founder Mike Lynch and former chief financial officer Sushovan Hussain over alleged fraud when it bought the British tech company for £11bn. In the biggest indicator yet that HP intends to pursue legal action against the former Autonomy executives, the [...]

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