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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Google’s parent company is partnering with another pharma firm, this time to fight treat Diabetes

September 12, 2016

Google's parent company Alphabet is forging ahead in the UK life sciences world in a tie-up with pharma giant Sanofi worth around $500m (£377m). Hot on the heels of a partnership with GSK, Alphabet's Verily Life Sciences and Sanofi have launched a new company called Ondua to help treat Diabetes. Read more: Watch: This Google robot has learned a [...]
Who knew printers were still a billion dollar business? HP and Samsung, that’s who

September 12, 2016

Apparently, we haven't gone fully down the digital rabbit hole yet and still need to print things out on dead trees. It's a business worth at least $1.05bn (£792m), in fact, as HP snapped up Samsung's printer business for just that amount in a major deal on Monday morning. Samsung will spin off the business as part of its efforts to [...]
Watch: This Google robot has learned a balancing act

September 12, 2016

Like a baby taking its first steps, the world has been privy to some seriously special moments in the lives of Boston Dynamics' robots. The Google/Alphabet owned company (for now, at least) has brought us clips of Atlas opening doors, taking strolls through the woods (even in snow) lifting and stacking boxes, as well as most famously [...]
Minouche Shafik is leaving the Bank of England to run the London School of Economics

September 12, 2016

Deputy governor Minouche Shafik is leaving the Bank of England at the start of 2017 for a top position at the London School of Economics. She joined the central bank in 2014 as deputy governor for markets and banking and will also leave the monetary policy committee (MPC), financial policy committee (FPC) ,the board of the Prudential Regulation Authority [...]
Here’s how much of your pay goes on commuting

September 12, 2016

Thought you were angry about your commute already? Brace yourself… Cancellations and delays, leaves on the track or too much heat, the increasing cost of tickets and jam-packed sardine tin-like trains – there's already such an array of choice when it comes to commuting complaints. Here's another one to add to the list. A tenth of your [...]
Samsung shares are not on fire after flaming recall

September 12, 2016

Shares in Samsung have unsurprisingly stumbled after the smartphone maker was forced to recall its recently launched flagship Galaxy Note 7 due to a fiery battery situation. The South Korean tech giant was forced to pull the device from the shelves after reports of it exploding and on Friday said it had identified 35 such incidents. Read more: Samsung Galaxy [...]
These are the FTSE 100 social media winners and losers

September 12, 2016

FTSE 100 firms are finally getting the hang of social media and even jumping on the Snapchat bandwagon to build their profile, new research reveals. Seven firms in the blue-chip index now have official accounts on the fledgling messaging service with a further six using the platform in some form. Read more: Google, Facebook and Twitter blasted over [...]
Hillary Clinton cuts short 9/11 memorial attendance after feeling unwell

September 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton has cut short her attendance at a 9/11 memorial in New York City after feeling unwell, but has since recovered, a comment from a campaign spokesperson said. The Democratic Presidential candidate was seen being escorted from the event at Ground Zero with some reports suggesting she had fainted. In a statement a spokesperson said: "Secretary Clinton attended the [...]
Britain’s biggest buy-to-let investors have sold nearly half their £250m property portfolio

September 11, 2016

A couple crowned Britain's biggest buy-to-let landlords have sold off nearly half of their £250m property portfolio and called time on the era of the "amateur landlord". Fergus and Judith Wilson became notorious for buying up properties to rent when the buy-to-let boom kicked off in the 1990s. Read more: Mapped: House price changes in [...]
A visa fee for European travel could become reality, admits home secretary

September 11, 2016

Brits could face being charged for travelling to Europe via a visa scheme being considered by Brussels the newly installed home secretary Amber Rudd has conceded. The EU is considering the introduction of a visa system that would force Brits to pay to travel to Europe, it was yesterday revealed, and Rudd today admitted that it would form [...]

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