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The World in Images
Season 4 · Episode 43
The Secrets of QR Codes
0.011mApril 9, 2025
In just a few years the QR code has become ubiquitous in our everyday lives being used everywhere from restaurants to hospitals, to art exhibitions. But what do these little pixelated squares say about our digital civilisation?
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