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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It’s official: Mobile roaming charges will be dropped entirely

September 21, 2016

Consumers will no longer be charged at all for using their mobile phone abroad under new EU rules agreed today. Plans to cap the number of days that roaming would be free to 90 days, or 30 consecutive days, have been scrapped by officials, who said there should be no limit in terms of the timing [...]
The mayor’s making a serious push for TfL to take over London’s suburban rail routes

September 21, 2016

The Mayor of London is stepping up his push for Transport for London (TfL) to take over the capital's suburban rail routes and turn lines run by troubled Southern and other operators into Overground routes. Sadiq Khan will make the business case for rail devolution ahead of the Autumn Statement. Read more: Southern Rail commuters take on Department [...]
North Korea only has 28 websites

September 21, 2016

In things we never knew about secretive North Korea news, it's accidently been let slip that the country has just 28 websites. Of course, there's no surprise the country has limited its presence online considering it's shut itself off from the rest of the world, but the leak reveals just how closed off it really [...]
Say ‘allo to Allo – Google’s WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger rival

September 21, 2016

Google is jumping on the messaging bandwagon with a new cockney sounding app called Allo powered by artificial intelligence. The mashup between Apple Siri/iMessage/WhatsApp/Facebook Messenger/Snapchat might seem by some as a little late to the party – Facebook's Messenger and WhatsApp boast one billion users each and they dominate the world of messaging apps. Some suggest there can only be one chat [...]
This consulting firm has created an “editable” blockchain and people are puzzled

September 20, 2016

Blockchain, heralded in part for keeping an immutable record of transactions, could soon become editable. Accenture has patented a prototype for making changes to it in "exceptional circumstances" to take into account errors recorded such as so-called fat finger moments, or, human error. “As we focus on new uses for blockchain technology beyond the realm of cryptocurrency, absolute immutability will become both [...]
Musical match: Now you can add Spotify songs to your Tinder profile

September 20, 2016

Daters rejoice: one of the most important elements of a relationship (musical taste, fyi) can now help you find a match on Tinder. The dating app has partnered with Spotify to integrate your listening habits into your profile, meaning you can now find that perfect partner based on a shared love of bands or singers. Read more: [...]
Bank of England’s Andrew Hauser: Don’t expect blockchain to revolutionise finance any time soon

September 20, 2016

Much heralded blockchain technology will not create a revolutionary shake up in the financial sector anytime soon, a top Bank of England official has declared. The distributed ledger technology has a way to go to become to be as revolutionary as some are predicting, according to Andrew Hauser, the executive director of banking, payments and financial resilience [...]
Dixons Carphone has created an Amazon Dash style button prototype

September 20, 2016

Dixons Carphone is experimenting with the Internet of Things (IoT) to create an Amazon Dash style button that can be used to provide customer support when their devices go wrong. Like a "panic button on a submarine", if your washing machine starts leaking, simply pressing the button will trigger a call back from Dixon's call [...]
EU competition chief defends Apple tax ruling on visit to Washington

September 20, 2016

Margrethe Vestager, the EU chief who presided over the decision to slap Apple with a €13bn tax bill has met with counterparts in Washington in an attempt to smooth over relations on the issue of tax. Vestager said she had a "good, frank discussion" with US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew about state aid and taxation but fired [...]
Barack Obama just welcomed driverless cars

September 20, 2016

The US President Barack Obama is on board with driverless cars, welcoming the technology's potential for increasing safety and reducing pollution on roads across the US as the country announces new rules for the vehicles. "In the seven-and-a-half years of my presidency, self-driving cars have gone from sci-fi fantasy to an emerging reality with the [...]

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