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Jesse Collins

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Aug 11, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Jesse Collins

    The Lawn Care Guy Does Not Have a Card Reader, The Dog Walker Cannot Wait 3 Days for a Bank Transfer, The QR Code Just Became the Payment Terminal of the Informal Economy - QR Code Press (opens the original)

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    It is a laminated square, slightly battered at the edges. It links to a Venmo account. When a client has cash and wants to use it, the cleaner points to the bag. When a client forgot to get cash but has their phone, the cleaner points to the bag. The transaction takes fifteen seconds. No card reader. No processing fee. No waiting for money to clear. This is how an enormous and largely invisible part of the American economy now handles payment. Not through point-of-sale systems or payment process

  2. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Jesse Collins

    Louisiana Just Made the Brake Tag History - Starting January 2027, a QR Code on Your Windshield Is All You Need - QR Code Press (opens the original)

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    Every year — or every two years in the Baton Rouge area — they take their vehicle to an inspection station, pay $10 to $18, wait for someone to check their lights and brakes, and drive away with a small sticker on their windshield. In Louisiana, this sticker is called a brake tag. And asking when the state was going to get rid of it was, according to the bill’s author, among the most common things his constituents raised with him. On June 2, 2026, Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 1085 into

  3. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Jesse Collins

    Meta Used Your Public Instagram Photos to Train AI Without Asking — Then Pulled the Feature After 3 Days of Backlash - QR Code Press (opens the original)

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    On July 7, 2026, Meta quietly rolled out a new feature inside its Muse Image AI model. The feature let anyone generate AI images by typing a prompt and tagging any public Instagram account. Meta’s AI would pull photos from that account and use them to build a visual — a birthday card, a travel meme, a “personalized” image — that the person generating it could download and share across Meta’s platforms. Nobody whose photos were being used was asked for permission. Every public Instagram account w

  4. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Jesse Collins

    Georgia Tech News Archives - QR Code Press (opens the original)

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    Georgia spent two years building toward a deadline it had no plan to meet. In 2024, the Republican-controlled Georgia legislature passed a law banning QR codes from ballot tabulation starting July 1, 2026. It was a political statement, shaped by years of claims about the 2020 election and distrust of the Dominion Voting Systems machines the state had adopted in 2019. The ban passed. The deadline was set. Then lawmakers adjourned without appropriating a single dollar for a replacement system. Wha

  5. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Jesse Collins

    Georgia Spent $107 Million on QR Code Voting Machines — Then Passed a Law Banning Them With No Plan to Replace Them - QR Code Press (opens the original)

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    In 2024, the Republican-controlled Georgia legislature passed a law banning QR codes from ballot tabulation starting July 1, 2026. It was a political statement, shaped by years of claims about the 2020 election and distrust of the Dominion Voting Systems machines the state had adopted in 2019. The ban passed. The deadline was set. Then lawmakers adjourned without appropriating a single dollar for a replacement system. What followed was a slow-motion collision between political theater and operat

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