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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David Cameron warns of mortgage rise if Britain votes for Brexit

June 5, 2016

David Cameron has warned that mortgages could rise for millions of homeowners if Britain votes to leave the EU. The Prime Minister has said average repayments could rise by nearly £1,000 a year because leaving Europe could lead to tighter credit controls as well as pushing up interest rates. But the claim has been called "desperate" [...]
To IPO or not to IPO? Four things tech companies must consider

June 2, 2016

Technology continues to be an agent of change and the explosion in size and complexity of technology-driven businesses has been reflected in their global growth and reach. With alternative sources of private funding increasingly available, and potentially higher valuations being achieved privately, the motivation to IPO may well be reduced. However, there will likely come a point in [...]
Reject Sorrell’s £70m pay, Pirc tells WPP shareholders

June 1, 2016

An influential shareholder group has called on investors to reject the £70m pay packet of WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell. Shareholders have been advised to oppose the pay of the highest paid boss of any FTSE firm, which was dubbed "excessive", by the investor advisory body Pirc. WPP, which owns advertising agency JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, is due [...]
Porsche on-demand? VW boss reveals Gett plans

June 1, 2016

Fancy ordering a Porsche to get home, instead of a plain old car or cab? Volkswagen's partnership with on-demand Uber rival Gett could very well make that a reality. VW boss Matthias Mueller has revealed more about the tie-up between the car maker and the tech company announced last week, and that could include making a high end [...]
This London startup claims it’s launched the first ever working blockchain platform for financial institutions

June 1, 2016

A London startup which boasts the former chairman of Barclays bank on its board has launched a new blockchain platform for financial institutions which it claims is the first of its kind. Several organisations are in the race to build a distributed ledger platform with blockchain technology, which can be used across the industry for processing transactions more quickly and [...]
Amazon and Goldman Sachs have backed this cyber security startup

June 1, 2016

Amazon and Goldman Sachs are among investors to have put millions into a cyber security startup as worries grow around keeping private information secure for businesses and consumers. Ionic Security, which works with several Fortune 100 companies, has landed $45m (£31m) in a series D round of funding led by Hayman Capital and bringing total funding of [...]
A foldable smartphone that fits in your pocket? Samsung’s working on it

June 1, 2016

As smartphone screens get bigger, the size of our pockets do not, resulting in a bit of a conundrum when it comes to carrying the thing around (when it' not glued to our palm, at least). Samsung is working on it, however, with plans for a device that simply folds in half and a new patent [...]
Trump, Thiel and space travel: Three things we learned from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

June 1, 2016

One of the most successful entrepreneurs of the modern world, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has spoken candidly on pressing issues such as Donald Trump, Peter Thiel versus Gawker and freedom of speech, as well as his childhood passion for space travel. Here are the three things we learned from his talk at Recode's Code Conference in California… [...]
Meet the crazy secure luxury £10k Solarin smartphone

May 31, 2016

If the smartphone had been around in the 80s, Patrick Bateman and Gordon Gekko would have been showing off a Solarin. Forget Apple. When you make a smartphone with no constraint on price and mass market production, you get the Solarin – a 10k super luxury smartphone from stealth startup Sirin Labs, designed to keep [...]
How tech is getting young people to vote in the EU referendum

May 31, 2016

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