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 out Spotify? Amazon’s music streaming service has arrived

October 12, 2016

Amazon will give Spotify and Apple a run for their money in the world of music streaming with the launch of a long-rumoured streaming service. Amazon Music Unlimited will offer access to music for as little as $3.99 (£3.26) per month in the US and is incorporating the service into its Prime offering, which already gives customers a vast array [...]
The government needs a robot strategy

October 12, 2016

The government needs a robot strategy to unpick the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) will have on society, including the loss of jobs, a group of leading MPs have warned. The UK's reputation as a world leader in the field of robotics and AI technology should position the UK as a leader in examining the social and [...]
Apple is ramping up iPhone production after Samsung recall

October 12, 2016

Apple and Samsung’s simmering rivalry was taken up a notch amid the South Korean firm’s Galaxy Note 7 meltdown, which is expected to cost billions and threatens to leave its reputation in tatters. Around $18bn ((£14.8bn) was wiped from Samsung’s value as shares plummeted more than eight per cent, its biggest intraday loss since the [...]
Slash and burn: Samsung just cut profit forecasts by a third

October 12, 2016

Samsung has slashed its profit outlook for the quarter by a third after the feted launch of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 ended in a fiery recall. In an update to markets, the South Korean firm slashed its estimates for the quarter to the end of September to 5.2 trillion won (£3.8bn), dialling back on initial [...]
Discontinued: Samsung’s completely ditching disastrous Galaxy Note 7 production

October 11, 2016

Samsung will completely ditch the disastrous Galaxy Note 7 after a catalogue of errors since the device was recalled due to a number of reported explosions. Production of the device will come to a permanent end the, company said in an update to markets on Tuesday. Samsung was forced to announce a temporary halt to production just yesterday, after [...]
Driverless cars have officially hit the UK’s roads for the first time

October 11, 2016

Watch out Google and Uber – driverless cars are about to hit the roads of the UK and they've been created by our very own homegrown tech expertise. The pod-like vehicles will be tested on the roads of Milton Keynes for the first time today, in the latest breakthrough in the government's ambitious driverless car strategy. After 18 months [...]
Working 9 to 5? Actually, 14m of us are now independent workers

October 10, 2016

As many as 14m people in the UK are classed as an independent worker employed outside the traditional 9 to 5 job, new research reveals. The figures calculated in a new report by McKinsey pegs the number of freelancers, temporary workers, and those selling items on eBay or renting out a room on Airbnb as part of the so-called [...]
Look how much Facebook’s paid in UK corporation tax now

October 9, 2016

Facebook's tax bill has sky rocketed in the UK after changing the way its business is structured, however, it has also racked up a credit from the tax man worth millions more effectively cancelling that out. The social network was billed £4.2m in corporation tax for the year to the end of 2015, newly filed documents [...]
Those foreign worker lists everyone’s against won’t be made public

October 9, 2016

Controversial plans to force businesses to list the number of foreign workers they employ would not be made publicly available, it's been revealed. The proposal by home secretary Amber Rudd to track the number of non-British workers within companies caused outrage across business and beyond. Read more: UK tech is outraged about Rudd's immigration crackdown Now, education secretary [...]
Miliband, Clegg and a cross-party group of MPs want a parliamentary vote on Brexit

October 9, 2016

Former party leaders Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg are among a group of MPs from across the political spectrum calling for a parliamentary vote on Brexit. The group, which also includes pro-EU Tories, SNP and Green party politicians, is seeking clarity on a so-called hard Brexit that would mean leaving the Single Market and which Prime Minister Theresa [...]

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