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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RideLondon crashes injure two and hold up race

July 31, 2016

Two cyclists have been injured in separate crashes during the Prudential RideLondon cycling event on Sunday, leading to disruption for thousands of riders and diversions to the planned route through Surrey. The first cyclist was injured at around 9am between Pyrford and Ripley and a second later at around 11am near Thames Ditton with the air ambulance called to both [...]
Phew! Facebook’s AI chief says intelligent machines are not a threat to humanity

July 31, 2016

The chief scientist leading Facebook's research into artificial intelligence doesn't believe the technology is a threat to human existence – unless we are very stupid. "I don’t think at AI will become an existential threat to humanity," said Yann LeCun, the top professor who is leading Facebook's efforts in the space of AI and machine learning. "I’m [...]
China’s Ant Financial is testing out blockchain technology

July 31, 2016

Ant Financial, the Chinese fintech giant spun off from Alibaba, is testing out blockchain technology for the first time to build a more transparent process for donating money. The group's charity platform, Ant Love, will use blockchain technology to track donations to one project being funded via the site. “We are trying to bring small and [...]
Winter is coming for Game of Thrones as HBO reveals final season

July 31, 2016

It's time to say goodbye to John Snow for real this time… on the small screen, at least. The show of the century, Game of Thrones, is officially coming to an end, its maker HBO has said. There will be just two more seasons of the hit show which has been a cash cow (or should that [...]
Worried about your job after Brexit? You’re not alone

July 31, 2016

Feeling a little more anxious about your job after Brexit? You're not alone. One in five of us are worried about job security after the result of the EU referendum, while more than two in five are feeling generally more pessimistic about their future, a new survey reveals. Pessimism was particularly high among those working in the [...]
This top ad boss has been suspended after sharing his dodgy views on gender

July 31, 2016

One of the UK's top advertising bosses has been told to take a "leave of absence" after making some dodgy claims about gender diversity in advertising that incurred the derision of some of the most powerful women in the industry. The chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi Worldwide Kevin Roberts, who also has the title "head coach" for its [...]
You’re probably not earning that “graduate premium” you were told about

July 31, 2016

Young people entering higher education to boost their future earnings are in for a shock, according to new research, which claims the idea of an earnings premium for graduates has become a myth. “Any politician or policy-maker who dangles the carrot of an average lifetime earnings premium should be challenged for gross mis-selling," said co-founder [...]
A UK terror attack is a case of “when, not if” warns police boss

July 31, 2016

A terror attack in the UK is a case of "when, not if" the top boss of the London police has said, warning that an attack is "highly likely" as the threat level remains at its highest in the wake of attacks in Europe. "Our threat level has been at "severe" for two years – [...]
Scrap the state pension “triple lock” urges ex-pensions minister

July 31, 2016

The so-called triple lock for state pensions should be scrapped, the former pensions minister has said. The costly protection which guarantees a yearly rise in line with either inflation, average earnings or 2.5 per cent – whichever is highest – should be dropped by the government to save billions of pounds, outgoing pensions minister Baroness Altman [...]
Sir Philip Green blasts MP Frank Field over “kangaroo court” BHS inquiry

July 31, 2016

Sir Philip Green, the former boss of BHS, has shot back at Frank Field, the MP leading the inquiry into the collapse of the high street retailer, accusing him of turning it into a "kangaroo court". The latest saga in the tiff follows Green's threat of legal action over comments Field made about the retail tycoon following a [...]

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