From AI to iPhone Innovation: The Challenges Facing Apple's New CEOWhen incoming CEO John Ternus assumes leadership of Apple later this year, he'll inherit a series of significant challenges facing the tech giant. But his decades of experience within the company should position him well to navigate those tides.  Ternus, whom Tim Cook named as his successor on Monday, currently serves as...

Flying oranges: Italian town holds historic street battleA town in northern Italy has started celebrating carnival with its annual Battle of the Oranges where people hurl the fruit at each other for fun.The historic carnival in Ivrea, an old medieval town near Turin, celebrates the legend of Violetta, a miller's daughter who freed people from a tyrant starving the town.The colourful battle...

Virgin Galactic Reenters Space Tourism Market at $750K Per Ticket New Delta-class spacecraft promises more seats and more flights -- at an even steeper cost than before. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being somewhat...

U.S. seizes Iranian cargo ship. And, tariff refund portal launches Trump and Iran Talks, Iran Reacts to Ship Seized, Tariff Refunds Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories...

Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 yearsGiant tortoises are roaming the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than 180 years, in what conservationists have called a "hugely significant milestone".One hundred and fifty eight captive-bred juvenile tortoises were released on the island as part of the Floreana Ecological Restoration Project led by the...