QR Codes make parking fast and easy. They may take you right to the website you want, or they may not. Some scammers put their codes over the real ones. Action 9′s Jason Stoogenke explains how these ...

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Everywhere you look at the South by Southwest conference this week, you see QR codes. The square “quick response” codes turn URLs, vCards, or any kind of text into a jumble of pixels that you can scan ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — 2WTK asked the Better Business Bureau what scams they're seeing lately around the nation. Lechelle Yates from the BBB serving Center and Northwest North Carolina joined us to talk ...

It would be easy to say that QR codes kind of suck and leave it at that. People have been talking about these square symbols with embedded information like URLs for years, claiming that they’re the ...

ST. LOUIS — A walk through the campus of Washington University sparked the idea of a startup for Ethan Weilheimer. During that walk, Weilheimer found a pair of AirPods in a field on campus. With no ...

Quishing is proving effective, too, with millions of people unknowingly opening malicious websites. In fact, 73% of Americans admit to scanning QR codes without checking if the source is legitimate.

Gettysburg officials are warning visitors about a QR code parking scam, and are asking for help in identifying the culprit. In a news release, Gettysburg announced that the borough's parking ...

QR codes are being used for more than just advertisements in Marin County, California. There, paramedics hope the stickers could help save lives in emergency situations. Lifesquare, a Silicon Valley ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. It seems like QR codes are everywhere now. Thanks to the COVID ...