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New York taps Google to make filing for unemployment a little easier – Source CNET Tech

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The state says its unemployment insurance filing system has seen a 1,600% increase in web traffic, compared to a typical week.


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The coronavirus pandemic has left millions of Americans without a job, resulting in a surge of new unemployment applications. To help handle the unprecedented numbers, New York state has called up the tech industry to help. 

Google, along with Deloitte and Verizon, will help New York improve its online and phone-based unemployment insurance application systems, according to a release Thursday from the state’s Department of Labor. The search giant’s Google Cloud service will support a new,…

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