Throughout the 20th century, each decade had its own unique set of inventions that left their mark on history. Curious about ...

In supermarkets, cashiers usually pass goods through a scanner at the checkout counter, where barcode technology is used to read product information and process the items for purchase before they ...

Hershey replaced milk chocolate with compound coatings and peanut butter with peanut creme, Brad Reese, 70, said in a Feb. 14 ...

A Washington jury has favored Valve in its lawsuit against the "patent troll" inventor Leigh Rothschild and a myriad of his ...

Valve Corp., the developer behind popular online gaming platform Steam, won its lawsuit against a prolific inventor and his affiliated entities, brought under a Washington state law meant to combat ...

ATLANTA — Engineer and entrepreneur Dr. Lonnie Johnson created the billion-dollar toy that became a staple of childhood summers—but that success was only the beginning. From growing up in the ...

Andrej Karpathy introduces “agentic engineering,” arguing that directing A.I. agents now defines modern software development. Photo by Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The ...

A group of fourth graders at Brecknock Elementary School have turned a class project into a state title. The students recently won first place at the PA Invention Convention, earning a trip to compete ...

The 1960s were a turning point for American food culture. Convenience foods exploded, fast food chains expanded nationwide, and snack companies became household names. It was a decade of ...

The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and collaborative. John Logie Baird with his transmitting station on March 19, ...

The House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to approve a bipartisan bill that would accelerate processing of tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service through the use of barcode-scanning ...

The start of the new year brings the retail industry closer to an important inflection point. By the beginning of 2027, every point of sale (POS) system must be able to scan 2D barcodes such as QR ...