The next generation of barcodes includes a heavy emphasis on QR codes and smartphone-use. Fifty years ago, on June 26, 1974, the first universal product code (UPC) was scanned at a Marsh Supermarket ...

A new generation of QR code phishing (quishing) attacks have been uncovered by threat analyists at Barracuda. Research by the email protection firm highlighted new techniques that have been designed ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you want to make it simple for someone to find a webpage, a QR code can help. If you want to make it simple ...

From their humble beginnings as tools for the automotive industry to being major players during the COVID-19 pandemic, QR codes have come a long way to become must-have tools for marketing and ...

First invented for use in industrial applications in Japan in the early 1990s, QR codes were being widely used by consumers when smartphones with QR readers became more prevalent in the 2000s. After ...

A dining innovation that once looked like the future has worn out its welcome with many restaurateurs, customers and servers who say it takes the joy out of dining. By Amelia Nierenberg Heavenly ...