Your smartphone is full of surprises. There’s an app if you want to use your phone as a magnifying glass or scanner. Tap or click here for hidden apps on your smartphone and how to find them.

Your smartphone is full of surprises. There's an app if you want to use your phone as a magnifying glass or scanner. Tap or click here for hidden apps on your smartphone and how to find them.

QR codes seem to be everywhere these days, having gained traction during the pandemic as businesses were looking for additional ways to offer consumers touchless transactions. But while they’ve grown ...

You can scan the QR code on your own smartphone without needing a second device. Photo: Getty Images QR codes can be scanned directly on the same smartphone without a second device. We’ll show you how ...

QR codes have become an established means to connect people regarding accessibility, payment systems, and other options. Through these scannable codes, people can now have quick access to an ...

Consumers with mobile phones accepted QR codes during the pandemic to access menus and other information, becoming a more attractive tool for marketers. But with that attraction comes security risks.

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, ...

Scan and be scammed. Officials are warning about a rise in “quishing attacks,” whereby con artists use nefarious QR codes ...

When the pandemic hit, QR codes were suddenly everywhere, providing a fast, contact-free way to access everything from restaurant menus to digital business cards to websites with important health ...

QR codes are visual patterns that store data smartphones can read. AP Photo/Vincent Yu Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations ...