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The challenge has led to actual fires and countless warnings from school officials. Here's what you need to know.
A TikTok trend challenging students to insert objects into laptops has school districts and fire departments sounding the ...
The 13-year-old is accused by the school district of damaging the laptop as part of the “Chromebook Challenge,” a TikTok ...
A new and concerning trend is gaining traction on TikTok, and it’s led to the evacuations ... and high school principal that we had a Chromebook that was smoking,” Dr. Maureen Brummett ...
The Chromebook Challenge gained traction on TikTok in May. The trend encourages students to stick small items into school-assigned Google Chromebook USB ports. A New Jersey high school student has ...
On the popular social media app TikTok, teenagers are sharing videos of school-issued Chromebooks spewing smoke in what's ...
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.
"No matter how smart your kids or students might be, please impress upon them that the only thing you should place in a ...
A high school student in Wallingford faces charges in connection with a TikTok challenge that encourages students to start a ...
Providence fire crews responded to DelSesto Middle School Monday for reports of a tablet or laptop that was emitting smoke, ...
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 viral TikTok trend called the “Chromebook Challenge” has made its way to Inland Empire schools and prompted safety warnings ...