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The challenge has led to actual fires and countless warnings from school officials. Here's what you need to know.
The Chromebook Challenge has even led to a 15-year-old New Jersey high school student being charged with third-degree arson and criminal mischief.
A new TikTok trend going around the internet has schools concerned. A new challenge involves students in schools sticking paper clips in Chromebook computer, which as caused fires in several ...
A dangerous TikTok trend has put students, schools, and first responders on high alert. Known as the “Chromebook Challenge,” ...
The "Chromebook challenge" is a TikTok trend in which kids jam a paperclip into a laptop to make it smoke. Several kids are facing charges for messing with their Chromebooks. Take it from me ...
A Pittsburgh-area school district is warning kids not to stick objects in the ports of their Chromebooks, saying the dangerous TikTok trend poses a serious safety hazard.
On the popular social media app TikTok, teenagers are sharing videos of school-issued Chromebooks spewing smoke in what's being called the "Chromebook challenge." ...
A viral TikTok trend called the “Chromebook Challenge” has made its way to Inland Empire schools and prompted safety warnings ...
A dangerous TikTok trend is to blame for a growing number of Chromebook fires in numerous schools, causing evacuations in some cases. What is the trend exactly and what causes the Chromebooks to spark ...
Providence fire crews responded to DelSesto Middle School Monday for reports of a tablet or laptop that was emitting smoke, ...
A high school student in Wallingford faces charges in connection with a TikTok challenge that encourages students to start a ...