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As smartphones have become more and more ubiquitous, so have QR codes. These maze-looking squares are a type of matrix bar code that contains data — usually, QR codes point to a website or open a ...

The New South Wales government has announced its QR code COVID-19 contact tracing scanner solution has gone live state-wide. The technology allows customers to use a QR code scanner that has been ...