Articles by Jan Dizon
Forget dancing drones. Spaxels can draw in the sky
Spaxels are a swarm of drones ready to take over the skies with amazing 3D light shows and paintings.
Marvel hammers a point home with appearance of female Thor
The much-talked about female Thor will be making her grand debut in the comic series when Thor No. 1 hits the stores on Oct. 1.
Netflix working on first original movie, sequel to 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
Netflix and The Weinstein Company have teamed up to produce the sequel to the martial arts drama 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.' The film will have an unprecedented simultaneous release in select IMAX theaters and through online streaming.
Total strangers step in to help mother who cannot afford food [Video]
Complete strangers come to the aid of a single mother who is unable to foot her grocery bill with food stamps. This is a struggle that many Americans face every day.
Forbes 400: Here are America's wealthiest people. Familiar names. Familiar faces.
The annual list of Forbes' 400 richest in the U.S. is out. Included in the roster are Bill Gates, who has topped the list for 21 years, members of the Walton family and Mark Zuckerberg.
Londoners willing to give up first-born children in exchange for free Wi-Fi?
Some Londoners may be in for a shock when they realize they just signed over their firstborn children in exchange for access to free Wi-Fi in a security experiment conducted by F-Secure.
How a young daughter convinced dad to step down as CEO of a trillion-dollar firm
Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO, quit the corporate world full time when his own 10-year-old daughter presented him a list of 22 milestones in her life that he had so far missed.
New season of 'The Simpsons' kicks off with death of a character. Who is it?
A year of hype and speculation finally culminated during the season premiere of 'The Simpsons' last night on Fox, when it was finally revealed that the 'beloved' Emmy Award-winning character that was to be killed off was Krusty the Clown's rabbi father.
Smart use of smartphones, tablets to tell a story. Be mesmerized for two minutes
An adorable video from an indie-rock band in Ukraine makes use of various Apple devices to tell a story of a romantic rabbit, looking for love.
'The Equalizer' rules weekend box office, rakes in $35 million on debut
Denzel Washington proves that he's still got it with The Equalizer. The R-rated film brought in $35 million on it's opening weekend.
How men, women react to a 'fat' Tinder date [Videos]
The male dating advice website Simple Pickup conducted a social experiment to see how men and women would react to a Tinder date looking a hundred pounds heavier than what is seen in photos.
High five? Hands in prayer? Drake gets new emoji tattoo and Twitterverse is buzzing about it
Rapper Drake got some new ink: one of an inspirational quote and another of a number 6 with a pair of emoji hands in prayer -- or high five. The verdict is still unclear.
Chimpanzees raised by humans lack social skills, behave differently as adults
Studies are finding that chimpanzees who were raised in captivity do not have the social skills needed to thrive in a society of their own species, making reintegration into a sanctuary or into the wild a difficult process.
The paintings of this 5-year-old girl with autism will make your jaw drop
5-year old Iris, from the UK, has autism. She hardly speaks but expresses herself through extraordinary works of art that have been compared to Monet.
Dancing crosswalk light makes waiting interesting for pedestrians
The team behind the tiny e-car has brought another innovation to the streets of Lisbon. The Dancing Traffic Light was made to prevent traffics at intersections by curbing jaywalkers with a dancing 'Do Not Cross' man to amuse pedestrians as they wait.
SF, LA district attorneys warn Lyft, Uber and Sidecar for violating California business laws
Three ride-sharing companies in California have received warning letters from their district attorneys to cease their carpooling services or risk legal action for violating state laws. Uber, Lyft and Sidecar say that current legislation needs to keep up with technology.
NJ-based author sues Disney for $250 million, claims 'Frozen' is a ripoff
A Peruvian-American author has slammed Disney with a $250 million dollar lawsuit for allegedly ripping off the story for the hit movie Frozen right out of the pages of her memoirs, written under the nom de plume, Isabella Tanikumi.
Want to build a robot? Harvard gives you the Soft Robotics Toolkit
Harvard University and Trinity College Dublin have teamed up to bring robotics enthusiasts the Soft Robotics Toolkit, a website resource to get novices and professionals off the ground on their own robotic builds and projects.
3 retired NY firefighters die on same day, succumb to 9/11-related illnesses
Three New York firemen died on Sept. 22 from cancer that was caused by breathing in the toxic air at Ground Zero of the 9/11 attacks. Hundreds who responded and risked their own lives that day have fallen sick and died.
Why 'Modern Family' star Eric Stonestreet is never coming back to Ellen's show [Video]
Eric Stonestreet, best known for his role on Modern Family, has vowed never to return to Ellen again after guesting on her talkshow ten times. It seems that the comedy host has taken her scare pranks a little too far.
'Bones' Season 10 premiere: Someone died and here's the explanation [spoiler alert]
Bones ended last season with a bloody shocker. Now here's the behind-the-scenes explanation for one character's demise and how it will affect the long-running show.
Goodbye delivery trucks. Belgian city builds a beer pipeline. Yes, a beer pipeline!
Construction was approved in Belgium to build a beer pipeline linking a 500 year old brewery with a nearby bottling facility. All in an effort to decrease traffic along the famous canals.
Space buddies? NASA's Mars rover Curiosity tweets hello to India's Mangalyaan probe
India's Mars Orbiter, Mangalyaan, exchanged a friendly tweet with NASA's Mars rover Curiosity after the latter sent the Indian craft an outer space 'Namaste!'
New FBI report puts spotlight on rise of mass shootings in U.S.
The FBI has released a study that highlights the number of mass shootings in the U.S. There has been an increase in shootings with gunmen intending to do harm to large numbers of people, unrelated to drug and gang violence.
Sherlock the Beagle is the lost and found hero at Amsterdam Airport [Video]
KLM's 'lost and found' beagle Sherlock sniffs his way and solves the mystery of your missing items at the Amsterdam Airport. Beagles are known to be second only to bloodhounds when it comes to the powers of their olfactory senses.
Doctors make tumors glow 'Incredible Hulk' green during surgery
Injectable dyes and high-imaging cameras used during surgery may help doctors remove cancerous tumors from patients. The technique makes the growths glow bright green.
New iPhone 6 ads dubbed 'Huge' and 'Cameras' feature Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon [Video]
Tag team Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake are featured in Apple's new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus commercials, emphasizing the new phones' huge screen size and enhanced camera features.
White House intruder with 800 rounds of ammunition, machete, hatchets in car
The investigation into Omar Gonzalez, who scaled the White House fence on Sept. 22 and reached the front door carrying a knife before he was finally apprehended by Secret Service, has revealed that his car was loaded full of weapons and ammunition.
Hakuna matata! 'The Lion King' musical sets box office earnings of $6.2 billion
The Lion King has set the record as the highest grossing work in any medium, beating out fellow Broadway production The Phantom of the Opera, as well as blockbuster movie, Avatar.
Can diamond nanothreads help mankind build a space elevator?
Science fiction becomes reality as scientists look into the possibility of using Benzene-derived carbon nanothreads as super strong cables than can be used for future space elevators.
