Ancient civilizations had hieroglyphics, we have QR codes: the patterned graphic boxes prompting you to access restaurant menus, pay for parking, find out information about a package and more.

In China, most people pay via AliPay and WeChat Pay – using Japanese QR code technology. There, provider PayPay is racing to ...

A customer scans a cafe's QR code for payment. Remember when we transitioned from calling it "surfing the internet" to "Googling"? It was one of those moments when technology became so ingrained ...