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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The most powerful man in tech believes the world will become cashless

October 18, 2016

The man in charge of the biggest company in the world and arguably the most powerful man in technology – Apple's Tim Cook – has weighed in with his two cents on the future of money. Apple may be rolling around in cash reserves of more than $100bn, but Cook won't be doing a Scrooge McDuck style [...]
Vodafone is heading to Iran with new connection

October 18, 2016

Vodafone is entering the newly opened Iranian market in a new tie up after sanctions were eased in the country. The mobile carrier will partner with Iran's HiWEB to offer business customers service in the country while Vodafone will support various parts of HiWEB's business, including marketing, sales, distribution and Internet of Things services. "Vodafone’s corporate customers will get the benefit [...]
UK tech investors are incredibly happy about Softbank’s $100bn fund

October 17, 2016

Venture capital investors in London have welcomed the arrival of the world’s biggest ever tech investment fund and the decision to locate it in the capital. Softbank unveiled plans last week to create a huge new fund for investing in technology companies along with the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund to the tune of as much as $100bn [...]
All London Uber drivers will now have to prove their English skills

October 17, 2016

All Uber drivers in London will now have to prove they have the required level of English to get a license to operate in the capital, in new rules set down by Transport for London. Anyone wanting to become a driver for the billion-dollar startup, or any other minicab firm in the capital, will have to [...]
Seedrs is expanding further into Europe with a new Berlin office

October 17, 2016

Seedrs, the UK equity crowdfunding platform, is expanding with a new office in Berlin after gaining a financial passport to operate across the continent over the summer. The latest location is its third outside the UK adding to an office in Amsterdam which opened in July and a software development office in Lisbon. It will also serve [...]
Apple’s driverless car plans have totally veered off course

October 17, 2016

Apple's not-so-secret plans to create a fleet of driverless iCars have apparently veered off course with the tech giant seriously dialling back on its plans for the technology. Project Titan, as it's known internally, has been Apple's worst kept secret for the past year or so and has been credited for its rocketing spend on R&D. Now, Apple has "drastically scaled [...]
This company is the biggest winner from the Metropolitan Police’s huge police body camera roll out

October 17, 2016

Some 22,000 police officers across London will start being equipped with body cameras from today, more than any other city in the world – and one company will be the big winner. The Metropolitan Police will begin rolling out the technology to 22,000 front line officers across London's 32 boroughs after a successful trial last year. The company supplying [...]
Here’s how HS2 and Hinkley could be delayed by Brexit

October 17, 2016

Some of Britain's biggest infrastructure projects could face serious delays as a result of Brexit, the country's top engineers have warned. The engineering industry, which contributes £280bn to the economy, has said that a restriction on access to skills could delay the building of major infrastructure projects such as HS2 and Hinkley Point C power station, [...]
MPs have blasted Twitter over failure to tackle anti-Semitism

October 16, 2016

Twitter has incurred the ire of a group of MPs who have accuse it of not doing enough to stop the "pernicious problem" of anti-Semitic hate speech. The struggling social network was singled out by MPs on the home affairs select committee as acting as "an inert host for vast swathes of anti-Semitic hate speech and [...]
A second vote on Scottish independence is “highly likely” before 2020

October 16, 2016

Get the date in your diary and start making plans (whether it's to make sure you're around to vote, or to escape the whole thing) – another vote on Scottish independence is "highly likely" before 2020. That means within the next three years, Scotland could be heading to the polls for a second time, according to [...]

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London Marathon could have 100,000 runners in 2027

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