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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Ken Clarke calls Boris Johnson “nicer version of Donald Trump”

May 30, 2016

Tory grandee Ken Clarke has hit out at the former Mayor of London and Brexit supporter, Boris Johnson, calling him a "nicer version of Donald Trump" and accusing him of turning the Leave campaign into a leadership bid. The comments made on the BBC's Today programme on Radio 4 on Monday morning, follow a weekend of outspoken [...]
Flop Gear? The viewing figures for the new Top Gear are in

May 30, 2016

The BBC's revamped Top Gear featuring new presenters Chris Evans and Matt Le Blanc pulled in 4.3m viewers for its first episode on Sunday evening. The official overnight figures include those who watched as it aired, but not those who may watch on the BBC's iPlayer or catch up on the recorded show, however, the ratings represent the [...]
The most expensive (and cheapest) seaside towns to live in Britain

May 30, 2016

The priciest coastal pads are overwhelmingly located in the south west of the country, while anyone looking for a more affordable seaside town to call home should head north of the border. Sandbanks in Poole, Dorset is home to several million pound homes and the average property in the area comes in at £665,000, more than any other seaside [...]
No IPO for Snapchat yet with new funding instead

May 26, 2016

Messaging app of the moment Snapchat is now worth even more than everyone thought after it disclosed more than a billion dollars of new investment. The five-year old startup which has previously revealed plans for an eventual IPO, is staying private for now, having raised $1.8bn (£1.2bn) in a series F round of funding official documents filed with SEC revealed [...]
Santander’s using blockchain right now

May 26, 2016

Santander is the latest bank to experiment with blockchain technology, applying it to international payments with the promise of making the process quicker. It claims to be the first bank in the UK to use blockchain in this way, trialling it in an iPhone app used by staff that reduces the time it takes to transfer cash by [...]
Ex-Barclays boss Rich Ricci: Fintech will eat banks’ lunch

May 26, 2016

Rich Ricci, the former head of Barclays investment banking and right-hand man of Bob Diamond, has warned that fintech startups will snatch market share from established financial institutions and change the landscape of banking. Efforts of big banks to innovate will continue to be thwarted by their archaic technology as they face increasing competition from [...]
Samsung’s Apple and Android Pay rival will launch in Europe next week

May 25, 2016

Samsung is heading into battle with Apple and Google in the war for mobile tap and pay users by focusing on extras such as membership and loyalty schemes as it launches Samsung Pay in Europe for the first time. The Korean smartphone maker is facing stiff competition from Apple Pay which launched last year and Google’s Android Pay [...]
Now you can pitch your startup idea to a VC in an Uber

May 24, 2016

Anyone with a startup idea can now pitch it to top investors, simply by getting an Uber on the streets of London. The on-demand startup is partnering with some of Europe's top venture capital firms – Atomico and EQT Ventures – for UberPitch, an elevator pitch but in an Uber car. Wannabe Zuckerberg's and Kalanick's will have 10 minutes to woo [...]
Volkswagen invests $300m in Uber rival Gett

May 24, 2016

Volkswagen has invested $300m (£205m) in taxi on-demand service Gett, a rival to Uber, handing it a stake in some of Britain's black cab fleet and also indicating the future of the German car brand. Gett bought up Radio Taxis, adding more than 1,000 traditional cabbies to its fleet of 10,000 drivers in the UK earlier this year and [...]
Twitter changes 140-character limit (giving investors more room to moan about stock falling to fresh lows )

May 24, 2016

Twitter has confirmed speculation that it will no longer count images, links and more within the 140-character limit on tweets, giving you plenty more room to share exactly what you're thinking. For Twitter and its investors, that may not be a good thing, as the troubled social network received another downgrade from a Wall Street analyst, sending shares to an [...]

Sainsbury’s threatens to crack down on shoplifters caught swapping eggs

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