A QR code can kill the mood: phones up, blue lights on, conviviality off. “The bottom line is: The QR code is the antithesis to romance,” said Richard Boccato, the owner of Dutch Kills Bar in ...

QR codes are an easy way to get to a website. They're also easy for scammers to use. So 2 Wants To Know set out to find out if the QR codes on the flyer are real. We copied the image and put it ...

QR codes -- the abbreviation stands for "quick response" -- were invented in Japan in the 1990s. They were first used by the automotive industry to manage production but have spread everywhere.

Clunky QR-code menus promised to keep shared surfaces touch-free, an almost quaint, if completely misguided effort from a challenging time. Since then, the codes have evolved with utility in mind.

Dive Brief: Pizza Hut is asking consumers to “cheat on their cheeseburger” with the launch of the Cheeseburger Melt, a parmesan-crusted thin crust folded Melt filled with beef, bacon, onions, ...

John Fokker, head of threat intelligence at Trellix, a cybersecurity company, said in an email on Sunday that the company’s advanced research center saw more than 60,000 samples of QR code ...

But clicking QR codes too hastily can risk bringing malware to your smartphone, cautions Albert Fox Cahn, founder and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.).

QR codes were once considered a niche technology but, in part driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, have emerged as a popular tool in marketing, information sharing and contactless payments.

QR codes are powerful tools for generating leads and converting sales, but their effectiveness hinges on one crucial factor: value alignment. A 2024 customer survey from my company found that 42% ...