My QR code reader was in a loop of error messages and had no intention of snapping out of it. “Hold over QR code…” The real-estate section of our Sunday paper ...

QR codes are used just about everywhere now, for checking into venues, ordering food, or just plain old advertising. But what about data storage? It’s hardly efficient, but if you want to store your ...

Restaurant patrons have had their fill of menu QR codes. Once a new-age innovation to easily and quickly access menus on your smartphone, the existence of the humble barcode plastered to the table is ...

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 ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A woman holds a ...

Like many ambitious restaurants around town, the newly opened Pastore leaves no detail unturned: Customers are handed cold towels that chill in a fridge set precisely at 40 degrees, white tablecloths ...

Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device.

Many of you reading this have undoubtedly seen a QR (Quick Response) code by now (the thing pictured to the right), but there's just as much -- if not more -- confusion surrounding them today as there ...