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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Minicab drivers are staging an anti-Uber protest in Westminster

November 22, 2016

A fresh anti-Uber protest has hit the capital, aimed at piling more pressure on the Mayor of London to "take action" against the startup. Minicab drivers are staging a protest from Edgware Road, past Transport for London's offices in Victoria and which arrives at Westminster at 2.30pm. Members of drivers union United Private Hire Drivers (UPHD) are calling on Sadiq [...]
Goldman Sachs and Santander have left a major blockchain group

November 22, 2016

Goldman Sachs and Santander have both exited one of tech's top blockchain consortiums which is backed by some of the world's biggest financial institutions. Both institutions have quit membership of the R3 group and will not be investing in its latest reported funding round. Santander did not comment on its decision to depart R3, however, it's understood it will [...]
The government has sold off more Lloyds shares

November 22, 2016

The government has sold off more of its shares in Lloyds Bank bringing taxpayers' holding in the company below eight per cent. A further plan to sell shares to institutional investors was announced by the chancellor Phillip Hammond in October, ditching plans to offload them to retail investors. "Selling our shares in Lloyds Banking Group and [...]
Airbnb has made its biggest product announcement in its eight-year history – will it take off?

November 21, 2016

Downtown Los Angeles was, until recently, an area more famous for Skid Row, but regeneration has brought trendy bars, foodie markets, and the likes of Urban Outfitters and Ace Hotels, creating a spot that feels not a million miles away from Shoreditch. This was the backdrop for multi-billion-dollar startup Airbnb’s biggest product announcement in its [...]
Airbnb wants to sort out your entire travel itinerary way beyond home rental

November 17, 2016

Airbnb wants to arrange your entire trip for you, not just find you a place to stay. The startup has set out ambitious plans to expand beyond simply being a holiday home rental platform, to turn itself into the go-to app for people's entire holidays with the addition of local trips, meetups, restaurant bookings and more. [...]
Gett has quietly switched up its leadership in Europe

November 16, 2016

On-demand taxi service Gett has quietly switched up its leadership in Europe following a huge investment from car maker Volkswagen. Remo Gerber, managing director for Europe, has left his role at the Uber-rival and Gett's recently appointed chief operating officer of western Europe, Matteo de Renzi, has been promoted to chief executive of western Europe. It comes as [...]
Google’s still committed to the UK after Brexit promising major investment

November 15, 2016

Google remains committed to the UK the tech company's top boss has said, with its headcount set to nearly double in the coming years as it goes ahead with plans for a new £1bn headquarters. "We see opportunities here," said Sundar Pichai on his first trip to London since becoming chief executive. However, a crackdown on skilled immigration would [...]
We’ve hit peak gig economy, according to JP Morgan

November 15, 2016

The number of people racing to make money from driving an Uber, offering their services on TaskRabbit or renting out a spare room on Airbnb has peaked, according to one top investment bank. Growth in the number of people participating in the gig economy has slowed and is now plateauing, new research from JP Morgan has [...]
Mute button: Twitter is finally taking a major step in tackling abuse

November 15, 2016

Twitter has just taken a major step forward in trying to tackle the problem online abuse and trolling on the social network. It is rolling out a mute button which can be used to silence conversations, keywords and phrases, something long demanded by users who have only been able to block accounts before. And it looks like [...]
TalkTalk hack: 17-year-old boy admits seven offences

November 15, 2016

A 17-year-old boy has admitted seven hacking offences in connection with the TalkTalk data breach in Norwich Youth Court today. The teenager, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to seven charges under the Computer Misuse Act. The data breach occurred last year and the telecoms firm was hit with a record £400,000 fine by the UK data regulator [...]

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