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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199 problems and a glitch is one: NYSE is having technical problems

May 18, 2016

The New York Stock Exchange suffered a technical glitch in early trading on Wednesday resulting in trades for nearly 200 ticker symbols being cancelled. The unspecified glitch first occurred at 9.27am in New York. Things were back up and running by 10.09am, however the latest update at 10.26am indicated the problem had returned. Nearly an hour [...]
Pay by Fitbit? It could soon be a reality after this acquisition of assets from fintech startup Coin

May 18, 2016

Fitbit has indicated a move into payments with the acquisition of technology from a Silicon Valley firm specialising in wearable payments, meaning users might in future be able to pay for things simply by swiping their Fitbit. The tech company has snapped up the assets of Coin, a startup in the fintech and wearables space which created a [...]
Entre-perp-neurs? Turning prisoners into entrepreneurs could save the UK economy a billion pounds

May 18, 2016

Training prisoners to become entrepreneurs could save the nation more than a billion pounds and reduce the likelihood of reoffending, a new report claims. Introducing entrepreneur training for offenders and providing funding for schemes could save £1.4bn from the government's annual £4.5bn reoffending bill. Entrepreneurship could be the answer to the significant barriers former inmates face when [...]
I, for one, welcome our imminent driverless car overlords

May 18, 2016

The only way we’d know that the government was any more on board with driverless cars was if the Queen had pulled up to the Houses of Parliament today in the back of one rather than in a horse drawn carriage. It's no wonder, considering the interest from the likes of Google, Apple and the majority of major car makers, that [...]
Why Google’s Android Pay UK launch is far more exciting than Apple’s

May 18, 2016

Less than a year after Apple Pay reached the UK, Android Pay has landed. Since last July only a lucky few – those who own an Apple Watch or one of the recent raft of iPhones (including the SE) – could pay for goods and services via their phones. This was merely the green shoots [...]
ARM eyes up imaging technology with £242m deal for Apical

May 18, 2016

British tech company and Apple supplier ARM has snapped up an imaging technology company in a multimillion pound deal. It's adding expertise in the tech which can recognise what's in images and videos with the acquisition of Apical for £242m. ARM said it will strengthen the firm's expertise in areas such as automated vehicles, robotics, [...]
Just eight tweets could be giving away where you work and live

May 18, 2016

Just eight tweets could give away where you work and live – and anyone who wanted to, could work it out, not just tech whizzes. Anyone who enables their tweets to be tagged with a location via GPS could be revealing more than they think, as scientists reveal the information can be used to work out these [...]
Google’s Apple Pay rival Android Pay is finally here in the UK

May 18, 2016

Good news for anyone eager to pay using just the swipe of their mobile, but who doesn't own an iPhone. Google's Android Pay is launching in the UK today, bringing the tap and pay technology to millions of smartphone users across the country. A rival to Apple Pay which launched last year, the app lets users pay by [...]
This London proptech startup’s landed £2m to help make renting less awful

May 18, 2016

A London property technology startup which aims to be the Amazon of renting has landed several millions of pounds in funding from renowned tech investor Robin Klein, among others. Goodlord simplifies renting via an app which takes the hassle out of the paperwork with a "rental passport" that keeps hold of renters' information as well as making [...]
Britain sucked toward billion pound innovation funding Brexit black hole

May 18, 2016

British business faces a billion pound funding black hole for research and development that risks leaving the nation trailing behind the rest of Europe when it comes to creating world leading technological and scientific innovation. More than a fifth of the UK’s £8bn competitive R&D funding in the last decade has come from Europe, but that [...]

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