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Designing Connected Experiences in the Consumer Age: Q&A with HARMAN’s Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Ralph Santana

Today’s companies see the importance of design as more consumers demand elegance alongside flawless functionality and exceptional user experience. As a company that has created countless ingenious product designs in different markets all over the ...




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#MakeMusicDay2019: Q&A with DJ Aasheesh Paliwal

For more than 70 years, some of world’s most respected musicians, producers and DJs have used HARMAN’s exceptional audio solutions and products from the studio to the stage. In honor of Make Music Day 2019, we sat down with Aasheesh Paliwal of HARMAN...




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SAMSUNG X AKG: Q&A with HARMAN’s Dr. Sean Olive

From hardware to software and services, HARMAN and Samsung have a long history of embedding innovation across everything they do. One of HARMAN and Samsung’s most recent joint project involved the development of Samsung Galaxy Buds. The savvy, IPX2 ...




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JBL® Elevates the Gaming Experience with the Launch of the JBL Quantum Range at CES 2020

CES 2020 – LAS VEGAS, NV – JANUARY 6, 2020 – When it comes to competitive gaming, sound is survival – and JBL knows great sound. Today at CES, the company unveiled the first-ever JBL headset range and PC speaker designed exclusively for gamers, featuring...




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Listeners get unique, personal sound with HARMAN Personi-Fi™ in JBL Headphones

CES 2020, LAS VEGAS – JANUARY 6, 2020 – HARMAN International Industries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, announces that the Personi-Fi platform...




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When JBL Entered Gaming: Q&A with HARMAN’s Alfredo Fernandez Franco

Every sound makes a difference. This is of particular importance while playing today’s technology-powered and immersive video games. Since its inception, JBL has introduced countless innovative audio solutions that unlock unforgettable experiences....




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JBL’s Secret to the Top: Q&A with HARMAN’s Pascal van Laer

From accurate sound to breakthrough technologies, JBL has a history of transporting superior audio experiences to fans across the globe; and its headphones are no exception. The team’s unwavering commitment to delivering unmatched experiences and unique...




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The Story Behind the Music: Q&A with HARMAN Ambassador DJ Ashba

On Make Music Day 2019, people across the globe will pick up an instrument to celebrate the joy of making music – including some for the very first time! It’s an indescribable feeling and one that you must experience for yourself. Known for his work with...




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#MakeMusic2018: HARMAN Professional Solutions Ambassador Q&A Part Two: Bootsy Collins

At HARMAN, it’s our mission to develop state-of-the-art audio solutions that provide enhanced listening experiences for music lovers at home, on the road, and on-stage. In recognition of Make Music Day 2018, we spoke with William “Bootsy” Collins,...




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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2019: Q&A with HARMAN’s Asaf Atzmon

With the 2019 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) upon us, we decided to get the latest download on the state of cybersecurity in the automotive industry from HARMAN’s Vice President & General Manager of Automotive Cybersecurity, Asaf Atzmon....




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JBL Quantum Announced as Official Global Gaming Headset Partner of 100 Thieves

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – APRIL 28, 2020 – Following the award-winning debut of the JBL Quantum Range gaming headsets earlier this year, today JBL continues to elevate the gaming space by teaming up with lifestyle power brand and leading esports organization...




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JBL Quantum One Gaming Headset Review




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Elevate Your Quarantine Studio: Presented By JBL




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JBL Sound und bequemes Musik-Streaming: Hier kommen die neuen JBL® Link Portable und Link Music

Satte Bässe oder heiße Gitarrensolos! Die neuen JBL Link Portable und JBL Link Music sind ab sofort verfügbar. Mit 360°-JBL Signature Sound, WLAN und Bluetooth-Konnektivität, integriertem Chromecast und Google Assistant klingen die beiden Lautsprecher genauso gut wie sie aussehen.




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HARMAN Celebrates Women's Equality Day: Q&A with Carmen Blanco

Women's Equality Day began in 1920, as a celebration in the United States of the momentous adoption of the 19th amendment, which allowed women to vote. Although women have made tremendous progress in their fight for equality, there is still a lot of work...




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Rethinking Design for Man & Machine: Q&A with Huemen’s Stephanie Tuttle

Rethinking Design for Man & Machine: Q&A with Huemen’s Stephanie Tuttle Design has an instrumental role in delivering powerful experiences. HARMAN’s mission to unlocking and elevating experiences for a wide range of stakeholders, from automakers and...




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#EachforEqual: HARMAN’s Commitment to a Gender Equal World

For over a century, International Women’s Day (IWD) has recognized the social, economic, cultural, political and professional achievements of women around the world. At HARMAN, we also have a long history of championing women, especially those pursuing...




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Steering the Future: Q&A with HARMAN’s Senior Vice President, Connected Car, Digital Cockpit – Lynn Longo

HARMAN has a rich history of bringing legendary connected technologies to life. Our team has an unwavering commitment to create the best-performing products and innovations that deliver the most connected, personalized experiences for a broad range of...




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Quantum weirdness isn't real – we've just got space and time all wrong

A radical new idea erases quantum theory's weird uncertainties – by ripping up all we thought we knew about how the universe works, says physicist Lee Smolin




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Quantum X-ray machine takes razor sharp pictures with less radiation

By shining an X-ray beam through a diamond, scientists have made X-rays with unique quantum properties that let them make sharper images using less radiation




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Google claims it has finally reached quantum supremacy

Has Google achieved quantum supremacy? The firm says its quantum chip can perform a calculation that is practically impossible for our best supercomputer




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Google has reached quantum supremacy – here's what it should do next

Google's quantum computer can outpace supercomputers at a useless calculation, but there are still plenty of hurdles left before the technology hits the big time




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What the quark?! Why matter's most basic building blocks may not exist

Quarks are the subatomic particles thought to make up nearly everything we can see. Now it turns out they could be an illusion created by quantum trickery




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IBM says Google may not have reached quantum supremacy after all

A leaked paper from Google claimed to have made a quantum computing breakthrough, but new research from IBM says those claims don’t seem to hold up




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It’s official: Google has achieved quantum supremacy

Google has published details of its quantum computing breakthrough, following an earlier leak. Despite claims from rival IBM, it seems to be the real deal




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Google hits back at IBM's quantum supremacy challenge

Google engineers have spoken out about their claims of quantum supremacy, questioning IBM’s challenges and revealing some of their big plans for coming years




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Google's qubit rivals: The race to useful quantum computers has begun

Google recently claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy, but many companies are still hoping their own quantum computers will soon overtake Google's




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Quantum supremacy: Will quantum computers break the internet for good?

Google’s claims of quantum supremacy have some people worried that the internet is now broken. Here's what the development actually means for cybersecurity




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Quantum supremacy: What can we do with a quantum computer?

Quantum computers could be used to crack open chemistry's most elusive problems or help to create new medicines




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Timeline: A brief history of quantum computing from 1980 to 2100

Here are the key milestones in the history of quantum computing, as well as New Scientist's predictions for the future 




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Amazon enters quantum computing race with cloud quantum processors

Amazon has combined three types of quantum computing processors from D-Wave Systems, IonQ, and Rigetti Computing into a cloud service to test quantum algorithms




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In the quantum world, uncertainty reigns – or is it all in the mind?

Schrödinger's dead-and-alive cat embodies the uncertainty of the quantum world. But whether parallel realities truly exist is a question less of science than belief




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Heat can quantum leap across a totally empty vacuum

Even a total vacuum is full of strange quantum fluctuations, which have now been caught making heat leap across empty space for the first time




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Google has performed the biggest quantum chemistry simulation ever

Google's Sycamore quantum computer, which recently demonstrated its dominance over ordinary computers, is now breaking records in quantum chemistry




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Quantum computer sets new record for finding prime number factors

A relatively small quantum computer has broken a number-factoring record, which may one day threaten data encryption methods that rely on factoring large numbers




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Google’s quantum supremacy algorithm has found its first practical use

Google has put the algorithm it used to achieve quantum supremacy to work. It generated verifiably random numbers, which could be used one day in encryption or lotteries




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In the quantum realm, cause doesn’t necessarily come before effect

In everyday life, causes always precede effects. But new experiments suggests that no such restriction applies in the quantum world




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This tiny glass bead has been quantum chilled to near absolute zero

A glass bead has been brought down to its coldest possible quantum state using a new method that may one day allow us to observe an object in two places at once




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Photon trick lets you bend the rules of quantum physics

A basic rule of quantum physics is that knowing too much about an experiment will break quantum interference, but now physicists have discovered a way to bend that rule




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Record-breaking quantum memory brings quantum internet one step closer

A communications network secured by the laws of quantum physics would be unhackable, but building one requires a component called a quantum memory, which is still being developed




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Don't miss: Emotional veg, antique innovations and spooky maths

This week, hide behind the sofa from mind-altering plants, listen and learn from technologies past and find out how the world is underpinned by numbers




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Liquid metal that floats on water could make transformable robots

A lightweight liquid metal alloy that is less dense than water could be used to make exoskeletons and transformable flexible robots




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How quantum computing got a boost from an experiment in a cornfield

In a cornfield in India, Urbasi Sinha ran an experiment that may challenge the rules of quantum mechanics and paves the way for higher dimensional quantum computing




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How a new twist on quantum theory could solve its biggest mystery

The "wave function collapse" transforms vague clouds of quantum possibilities into the physical reality we know – but no one knows how. New experiments are finally revealing reality in the making




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Pondering the big question of consciousness is a welcome distraction

Our best mathematical theory of consciousness is sparking a rethink of one of science’s hardest problems – how simple matter gives rise to a complex mind




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HARMAN Wins Prestigious Plus X Awards for Clari-Fi and QLS 3D

STAMFORD, CT - HARMAN, the premium global audio and infotainment group (NYSE:HAR), has been awarded two Plus X Awards in the categories Innovation and High Quality for their ground-breaking sound solutions QuantumLogic Surround 3D and Clari-Fi. In addition, Clari-Fi also received the Plus X Award for “Best Audio Software of the Year”. The awards have been presented earlier today at the German Bundestag in Bonn. The Plus X Award honors manufacturers for new and innovative technologies, extraordinary design and intelligent and easy to use operating systems. With an international and independent panel of judges from 25 industries, the Plus X Award is the world’s largest competition for technology, sports and lifestyle.




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Musicians Expose the Decline of Sound Quality in New Film “The Distortion of Sound”

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – "The Distortion of Sound,” a documentary exposing the decline of sound and how technology has changed the way we listen to music, premieres this evening at an invitation-only event at the GRAMMY® Museum in Los Angeles, California. Following tonight’s screening, the documentary will air on “The Distortion of Sound” YouTube channel, DistortionofSound.com, the Sundance Channel the IFC Channel on July 23 at 6 p.m. ET and PT.*




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New JBL® Aftermarket Amplifiers Offer Unmatched Audio Quality for Drivers

IFA 2015, BERLIN – HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE:HAR), the premier connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced the world’s first aftermarket amplifiers to feature HARMAN’s Clari-Fi...




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London's "temples of gastronomy" improvise to survive COVID-19

Andrew Wong knew from an early age that running a restaurant required improvisation, having watched his parents steer their London Chinese restaurant through nearly 30 years of good times and bad.




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Syria's mosques open for prayer as coronavirus lockdown eases

Syria's government allowed mosques to open on Friday for worshipers willing to perform prayers. The mosque had remained closed as part of the measures taken to contain the spread of coronavirus.