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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A Google executive has quit Uber’s board

August 30, 2016

An executive with Google has left the board of billion-dollar startup Uber as both companies pursue the development of driverless car technologies. David Drummond, the vice president of corporate development at Google's parent company Alphabet left the Uber board in the last few weeks, the Wall Street Journal reports, due to a growing conflict of interest. [...]
Apple’s big event is happening on 7 September for expected iPhone 7 launch

August 29, 2016

It's here! Apple has set the date for the much anticipated event where it's expected to launch its latest device – the iPhone 7. An invitation for the event was sent out on Monday afternoon saying "See you on the 7th". The event will be held at 10am pacific time – 6pm in the UK – in [...]
Mark Zuckerberg insists Facebook is not a media company

August 29, 2016

Facebook is a technology company, not a media company, despite a move towards live video, working closely with traditional publishers and a recent furore over trending topics on the platform. Speaking at a live question and answer session in Italy, Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is providing the tools for people to be able to share information but is not itself [...]
London restaurant app Velocity lands millions more pounds in funding

August 29, 2016

A restaurant app founded in London which lets diners pay their bill with their phone has landed millions of pounds in new funding. With some of London's top eateries on board such as Hix, Sketch and Gymkhana, as well others in New York and Los Angeles among other cities, Velocity has bagged £17m in a series B round [...]
Shell’s Ben van Beurden: Carbon emissions will remain for “some time”

August 29, 2016

The future of energy will be a "patchwork" of renewables and hydrocarbons meaning carbon emissions will remain for "some time", the boss of one of the world's biggest oil companies has said. Shell chief Ben van Beurden said the energy industry had to be "the contrarian in the room" about how realistic the transition from fossil [...]
There’s a new London Tube map showing your steps between stations

August 29, 2016

A new map of the London Underground has been created to show travellers exactly how close stations are in the centre of the capital and get them walking across the city instead. The map shows the number of steps between the stations across zones one and two, demonstrating how locations such as Charing Cross Station and [...]
This former Bank of England governor is positive about Brexit

August 29, 2016

A former governor of the Bank of England has said the decision of Britain to leave Europe put the country on a better economic footing. “We are now in a better position to rebalance the UK economy,” said Lord King of Lothbury, who headed up the central bank between 2010 and 2013. “The UK economy has [...]
Brexit: No “nice things” for UK without responsibility says top German minister

August 29, 2016

One of Germany's top politicians has warned that negotiations for Britain's exit from the EU should not allow it to "keep the nice things" but take no responsibility, while handling the process badly could send Europe "down the drain". Sigmar Gabriel, the number two of Chancellor Angela Merkel and economic minister, made the comments at [...]
Now you can book an Uber in advance as Scheduled Rides comes to London

August 25, 2016

Uber is shaking up the way users can order a car, expanding upon the on-demand model which first made it a hit with a new feature for scheduling journeys ahead of time. People will now be able to book a car up to a month in advance of their journey, or just 15 minutes ahead. [...]
The world’s first driverless taxis have hit the road (beating Uber)

August 25, 2016

The first-ever driverless taxis have hit the road in Singapore, and despite the ambitious plans of Uber announced just last week that it's about to put autonomous cabs into service, the billion dollar startup has been pipped to the post. Residents of Singapore will spot the robo-taxis driving around the business district and they will even be able [...]

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