For employees at Google’s gleaming Chelsea campus in Manhattan, USA office life usually means innovation, comfort, and a splash of luxury. But this week, the tech giant faced an old-world nuisance that doesn’t care for Wi-Fi speeds or billion-dollar valuations — bed bugs.

Over the weekend, Google’s Environmental, Health & Safety team sent an internal email to employees, confirming that a professional inspection — aided by a sniffer dog — had detected credible evidence of bed bugs in parts of the New York office. The message advised workers to stay home while extermination procedures were underway.

Staff were told the Chelsea campus would remain closed overnight for treatment, with further inspections scheduled across Google’s other city offices, including the Hudson Square complex. The c

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