becky worley, abc news, new york. >> becky knows how to get our attention.>> shot glass, we are listening. can't they make a booth you walk in. and turn. >> didn't they do that. >> talks care of it. >> that's what i want. >> what's your spf? >> 15. >> 30. >> if i use 30 like wearing a blanket. nothing happens. >> isn't that the idea. spf? >>> making news in america this morning, president trump says he'll announce today if the u.s. will withdraw from the paris accord. nearly 200 countries have signed on to the landmark climate agreement. so will the u.s. break rank? we're live in washington. >>> breaking overnight a massive explosion rocks an ethanol plant in america's heartland. new pictures in showing the leveled building. what we're learning about injuries. >>> tiger woods, dazed and confused. police released dash cam video. see what he told officers and the damage to his car. >>> plus, developing overnight, mr. met gets fired. the lovable mascot goes rogue after a major loss. see the video of that cost him his job.

here is becky worley. >> reporter: have you received notification on your phone from one of your favorites ridiculously well timed. >> all of a sudden, the gap, will pop up on my phone. saying i have a coupon the i can go shopping. >> every day. >> ever get ads on your phone that seem to know where you are? >> absolutely. >> he says urban outfitters app has his number. >> when i come been like 50 feet, get, hey did you know there is a sell ending in a couple days. >> reporter: not just coincidence. shopping apps from macy's, urban outfitters use the phone's gps to access your location. >> they have technologies that can follow you as you walk through sectors of the store. and connect to your data. so, they know who you are. >> sure enough after i installed the app it pings me as i work into a store in philadelphia. in san francisco. it was all most a block away when the app lit my phone up with noteifications. it makes sense, their best chance to get me into the store is when i am close by. macy's notifications were even more interesting. they pinged me when i entered the store in philade

becky worley, abc news, new york. >> becky knows how to get our attention. sense. >> shot glass, we are listening. can't they make a booth you walk in. and turn. >> didn't they do that. >> talks care of it. >> that's what i want. >> what's your spf? >> 15. >> 30. >> if i use 30 like wearing a blanket. >>> good morning on this thursday. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top headlines we are following on "world news now." president trump is set to make his decision today on the paris climate agreement. sources say the president will make good on a campaign promise by pulling the u.s. out of the deal. but some top aides and big companies are lobbying for him to stay. much more coming up. >> state of ohio is suing five drugmakerers accusing them of creating the state's opioid epidemic. the suit claims the company's intentionally misled patients about dangers of painkillers. most drugmakerers declined to comment about the suit. >>> the company that makes epipens accused of overcharging taxpayers by more than $1 billion. the drugmakerer

here is becky worley. >> reporter: have you received notification on your phone from one of your favoriteridiculously well timed. >> all of a sudden, the gap, will pop up on my phone. saying i have a coupon the i can go shopping. >> every day. >> every time i go that way. >> ever get ads on your phone that seem to know where you are? >> absolutely. >> he says urban outfitters app has his number. >> when i come been like 50 feet, get, hey did you know there is a sell ending in a couple days. >> reporter: not just coincidence. shopping apps from macy's, urban outfitters use the phone's gps to access your location. >> they have technologies that can follow you as you walk through sectors of the store. and connect to your data. so, they know who you are. >> sure enough after i installed the app it pings me as i work into a store in philadelphia. in san francisco. it was all most a block away when the app lit my phone up with noteifications. it makes sense, their best chance to get me into the store is when i am close by. macy's notifications were even more interesting. they pinged me when i e

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time for our s are nearbyis becky worley got a group of chiluadrlly apply their sunscreen and the restste it. >> i dnon on. i don't need it. >> i get annoyed. >> sunscreen is icky. >> annoying. >> reporter: parents know it's a must. the american academy of dermatology says even one blistering childhood contributes. past research shows nearly four in ten kids why? well, i submit this reenactment from my daughter. >> put on sunscreen, emmy. no, i don't want to put on sunscreen. >> reporter: it's a battle. that's what i get. but holly, a former elementary schoolteacher and founder of her own sunscreen company supergoop says there is an alternative? if you're old enough to wash your hands and brush your teeth you're old enough to put on your own sunscreen. >> reporter: when sunscreen goes on it shows up as black and highlights any missed spots. we start with 7 to 9-year-olds to see if their application is thorough. the kids put it on then we review what they missed. >> as each of these children apply, none of them hit the ears and the ears are actually very vulnerable to sun damage. >> repo

abc's becky worley has the details. >> reporter: have you ever received a notification on your phoneop up on my phone stating i have a coupon and can go shopping. every day? >> every time i go there. >> do you ever get ads on your phone that seem to know where you are? >> oh, absolutely. >> reporter: he says the urban outfitters app has his number. >> whenever i come within like 50 feet, i get like, hey, did you know there's this sale ending in a couple of days. >> reporter: it's not just a coincidence, shopping apps from companies like macy's and urban outfitters use the phone's gps to access your location. >> they have technologies that can follow you as you walk through sectors of the store and connect to your data so they know who you are. >> reporter: sure enough, after i installed the urban outfitters app it pings me as i walk into a store in philadelphia. in san francisco, it was almost a block away when the app lit my phone up with notifications. it makes sense, their best chance to get me into the store is when i'm close by. the macy's notifications were even more interestin

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becky worley got a group of children together to see how well they actually apply their sunscreen andow kids feel about sunscreen? they hate it. >> i don't want sunscreen on. i don't need it. >> i get annoyed. >> sunscreen is icky. >> it's quite annoying. >> reporter: parents know it's a must. the american academy of dermatology says even one blistering childhood burn is a contributor to later life skin cancers. while the cdc says children of all skin tones should wear sunscreen regularly, past research shows nearly four in ten kids don't. why? well, i submit this reenactment from my daughter. >> put on sunscreen, emmy. no, i don't want to put on sunscreen. >> reporter: it's a battle. that's what i get. but a former elementary schoolteacher and founder of her own sunscreen company supergoop says there is an alternative? >> if you're old enough to brush your teeth and wash your hands, you're old enough to do your own sunscreen. >> reporter: really? okay, let's try. we're using a special camera fitted with a uv sensor. when sunscreen goes on it shows up as black and highlights any misse

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our "weekend download" abc tech contributor becky worley says there's an app for that. ood morning. so, tell us about the latest apps. >> well, you know, the thing really is about motivation, dan, and i think motivation comes in two forms, as we all know, the carrot and the stick. so we're going to start with the nice, positive motivation, the carrot. i've had this experience when i go to a new class or a new gym, i feel kind of shy. it seems like everybody there already knows each other, so fitmatch, it's like tinder for going to the gym or new class. it pairs you with somebody else who wants to try maybe a spinning class or a bar class or even go for a run. it is proven that the buddy system helps people stick to your workout schedule. so i think that's a great idea. >> yeah, rob uses that to look good in his jorts in the summer. another of these apps uses altruism as a big motivation. tell us about that one. >> i love it. charity miles. every mile you run or walk raises money from corporate sponsors, charities like autism speaks, the als association and habitat for hu

. >> abc's becky worley gave eight shot.ut my hand on the door handle a notification said welcome to macy's. they know i'm here. >> she said they gave her notifications when she was shopping at their direct competitors. in addition to gps stores are using bluetooth wifi and even your phone's microphone to let them know where you are and then selectively target you with ads. >> mix stores into the internet. >> be able to track people in stores like we track people online and then connect the two. >> okay, so the stores say they do take you through a series of prompts when you download those apps including location related permission requests. here's how to check yours. on apple devices you go to settings then you click on privacy and then location services. that's the key here. this is where you can see whether or not the location services are on. you get a list of your apps find out which ones are tracking your location and how frequently there's a similar section in the apps section on android devices. you can change all of

becky worley joins now to talk about it.art speakers is through the roof right now. 36 million americans are going to use these devices according to e-marketers this year. what do you think about this apple device? is it magical or is it meh? >> magical or meh. the $64,000 question, michael. in this case the price tag makes its the $349 question. homepod will be available in december. u this is in that home assistant category that you said is exploding and probably lives in your kitchen and has siri built in so can answer questions like what's the weather going to be like? but the number one request of these assistants so far is play a song. so this is touted as a much higher quality speaker than those that come with google home or amazon's echo. maybe the audio quality is the magic they're going for here. >> worth double the price? >> yeah, you know, the thing about this, remember, it's not about the product, it's not necessarily for all the other guys about the profit they're making on the product. it's about the ecosystem

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