Walmart chooses Austin for first tech hub; hiring ramping up

Walmart Inc. has thousands of stores, so even small operational changes, such as figuring out when to re-order inventory or fix the air conditioning, can save millions of dollars.That's why the nation's largest brick-and-mortar retailer has opened an Austin office where workers are figuring out how to apply transformational technologies such as artificial intelligence and data science to back-end operations.According to an announcement, the office will be focused on "enterprise technology functi