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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US tech leaders still ❤ London, even after Brexit

September 19, 2016

Entrepreneurs and tech leaders in the US still have an eye for London as the transatlantic special relationship continues to flourish despite the looming prospect of Brexit. The capital still tops their list as the top tech hub in Europe and the best place from which to build business across the continent, a new survey of more than [...]
Cars will go the way of DVDs in a decade and more predictions for the future of transport according to Lyft founder John Zimmer

September 19, 2016

A transport revolution is coming thanks to technology – that's according to the founder of ride sharing startup Lyft, a rival to Uber, John Zimmer. In an ambitious manifesto, the entrepreneur has predicted the third transport revolution will arrive with the development of driverless cars, one of the hottest, most talked about and potentially disruptive developments in [...]
Here’s the magic age parents think their kids finally become financial adults

September 19, 2016

Parents and kids should prepare themselves for a long old ride when it comes to forking out financially. Mum, Dad, and their bank, expect to be supporting their offspring until the ripe old age of 29, new research reveals. Parents say they're likely to splashing out on the usual markers of their child entering adulthood, [...]
More suspect devices found at New Jersey station

September 19, 2016

A suspicious package has been detonated at a train station in New Jersey just a day after an explosion rocked the centre of New York City. Authorities were using a robot to disarm a device discovered at Elizabeth station south of Manhattan early on Monday morning when it exploded while further suspicious devices have been identified in [...]
Manhattan explosion injuring 29 not “international terrorism” says NY governor

September 18, 2016

An explosion in Manhattan which injured at least 29 people, one of them seriously, in the late hours of Saturday evening is not being treated as an international terrorism incident at this stage. Authorities believe the bomb was placed intentionally but is not terror related, and New York governor Andrew Cuomo said there was no evidence of an "international [...]
HSBC is the new sponsor of British Cycling replacing Sky

September 18, 2016

HSBC will become the lead sponsor of British Cycling replacing Sky in a new deal . The group is credited with creating superstar athletes such as record breaking gold medal winners Laura Trott and Jason Kenny and Tour de France and Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins in recent years. "We are extremely proud to be working in partnership with British Cycling," [...]
London’s black cab drivers are considering a legal challenge against accepting card payments

September 18, 2016

Cab drivers are considering whether to launch a legal challenge over the mandatory introduction of card payments in black taxis across London, as they put on hold plans for protests on the capital's roads this week. Passengers will be able to pay for journeys by credit or debit card under rules due to come into force by the end of [...]
These are the cities with the biggest generational divide

September 18, 2016

The gap between the old and young is growing across the country as the high cost of buying a home divides the generations – literally. The generations are becoming increasingly segregated, a new study has found, with Cardiff and Brighton named the cities with the biggest divide between young adults and retirees. London was ranked the sixteenth [...]
This group of European leaders could veto a Brexit deal

September 18, 2016

A group of central European leaders have said they could veto any deals agreed between Britain and Europe as a result of Brexit. Members of the Visegrad group, or V4, from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic said they would veto agreements if its citizens working and living in Britain were not treated fairly. Read more: Nigel [...]
The case for Scottish independence remains, Sturgeon says

September 18, 2016

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon believes the case for independence remains, two years after the nation voted against breaking away from the UK, and that the issue “transcends” Brexit. “Two years on from the historic vote of 2014, the fundamental case for Scotland’s independence remains as it was,” she said writing in the Sunday Herald. “The [...]

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