Bree Fowler writes about cybersecurity and digital privacy. Before joining CNET she reported for The Associated Press and Consumer Reports. A Michigan native, she's a long-suffering Detroit sports fan ...

Criminals are creating fake QR codes to scam unsuspecting people. Here's how to stay safe. As a way to reduce contact during the pandemic, businesses put QR codes to good use, enabling people to ...

Massachusetts on Monday launched an online website where residents can obtain a QR code to show proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. The QR code can be scanned at various ...

QR codes have four error correction capabilities: Level L, Level M, Level Q, and Level H. Level L allows the original information to be preserved even if a maximum of ...

Crypto exchange Coinbase said it was back up and running after its Super Bowl ad giveaway crashed its website. The Super Bowl LVI ad featured a QR code bouncing around a screen, offering $15 in free ...

Problems with Alberta’s updated QR code There were a few hiccups with the update to Alberta’s QR code to meet federal travel requirements on Wednesday.

It’s not just influencers that don’t really work. Colombian social media star Mauricio Gomez, aka La Liendra, shocked and amazed his 5.4 million Instagram followers in February by revealing a neck ...

Advertising for cryptocurrency services got a lot of attention during Sunday’s Super Bowl, but an ad for Coinbase Inc. managed to crash their website and raise security concerns. Companies advertising ...

Ketchup manufacturer Heinz has been forced to apologise after a digital barcode on one of its bottles directed a customer to a pornographic website. Daniel Korell, an IT worker living in Germany, used ...