First, here is a quick UPC primer. A UPC bar code is a series of 59 alternating black and white lines of different widths.

The UPC, the most common version of the so-called bar code, wasn't as warmly embraced or as breathtaking as some emerging technologies, but its impact on retailing has been enormous.

The first bar code was used in 1974 to scan in a pack of gum. Now they're used for everything from flight check-ins to patient records and warehouse inventory. They've even been used to track bees ...

Pioneering engineer Paul McEnroe, who led IBM's team that developed the Universal Product Code, weighs in on the rise of generative artificial intelligence.

George J. Laurer, the man who invented the Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode and called Wendell his home died on Thursday. He was 94.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — The very technology that revolutionized retail checkout — the bar code — is now being subverted by anti-capitalist protesters who fancy themselves cyberpranksters ...

Much has been written and debated about the recently approved changes in New York's bottle-return law. The provision getting most attention is the change that adds the 5-cent deposit to bottled ...