California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to add QR codes to student ID cards. Then, he used a QR code to announce he had signed the bill into law. The bill's author said it was the first time a QR ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Scammers are putting a new twist on an old scheme designed to scare you into paying them. The old “unpaid utility bill” scam has been around for a long time. It started with phone calls ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The hundreds of ceremonial street signs honoring community heroes across the five boroughs could soon receive an upgrade that would allow New Yorkers to learn more about the ...

Facebook posts about the dangers of consumers receiving a package as part of a brushing scam warn that the lone act of scanning a malicious QR code — a code found inside the unsolicited parcel — can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The simple answer, and the one most often provided in online ...

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 ...

Benjamin Claeys is CEO of QR TIGER, MENU TIGER, and GiftLips. He also hosts Stay QRious, a podcast about QR code best practices. The idea for QR codes was first conceived to help track automotive ...