One of the biggest advantages of using a free QR code scanner is that you don’t have to spend money on software to interact ...

QR codes are fun! Whether it works is probably phone- and/or algorithm-dependent, so try this out, and let us know in the comments if they work for you.

QR codes are those square barcode-looking things that when scanned by your iPhone 16 Pro, Galaxy S25 Ultra or any other phone ...

An algorithm that exploits properties of QR codes The study, which is part of Ismael Benito's doctoral thesis at the UB, presents a new algorithm that takes advantage of the QR's own ...

From QR code advertisements to QR code payments, more and more companies are including these black-and-white squares to optimize their operations. But what exactly is the reason for this?

You don’t need an app for this —your phone can do it already. The humble QR (or Quick Response) code has become ubiquitous. Invented back in the 1990s to scan car parts, the barcodes got a ...

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.