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Corporate megastores will make more money and you pay the price.

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Finding an affordable apartment in a big city can be like spotting a needle in a haystack.

But what happens when you add in artificial intelligence, algorithmic pricing systems, even legal battles.

Then, one of America's biggest self-driving truck startups shared sensitive data with China.

We'll tell you how that's shaping the Trump administration's foreign investment rules.

But first, using AI to crunch confidential data to set apartment rental prices has become a controversial topic in cities from Philadelphia to San Francisco.

It's even led to dozens of lawsuits, but the tax bill that cleared the U.S. House last week could throw companies like Real Page a lifeline as WSJ reporter Rebecca Pichodo has been

finding out. Rebecca, before we get into that, just help us understand how companies like RealPage work.

Yes, RealPage is a software firm that has a bunch of data about rentals all across the U.S.

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