The 'Chromebook Challenge' involves kids putting paper clips or metal items into the USB port of their laptops. Several schools have issued warnings about the danger of the challenge. School ...

The TikTok "Chromebook challenge," named after the Google line of laptops that school districts often distribute to students, encourages students to damage school-issued laptops by jamming metal ...

The Chromebook Challenge, a prank promoted on TikTok, has prompted a public safety warning from the Rhode Island Office of the State Fire Mashal after an incident at a Cranston elementary school.

A new social media challenge encourages students to not hop on the latest dance trend or pour buckets of ice over their heads, but intentionally destroy school property.. The "Chromebook Challenge," ...

School officials are warning students against attempting a TikTok trend that involves inserting items into Chromebook USB ports to create sparks and smoke. The principal of Lincoln Park Middle ...

Oconto school district joins others across US warning of dangerous TikTok Chromebook trend Kevin Dittman, Green Bay Press-Gazette Fri, May 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM UTC ...

Baldwinsville, N.Y. — A Chromebook caught on fire in a classroom at Charles W. Baker High school Wednesday afternoon, forcing students to evacuate. At around 2:18 p.m., fire alarms went off at ...

Roy C. Ketcham High School students were dismissed early on Monday, May 5, due to a Chromebook.. Wappingers Central School District Superintendent of Schools Dwight Bonk said a student-issued ...

The student reportedly stuck a graphite pencil into the Chromebook USB port on May 7 at Lyman Hall High School, according to the Wallingford Police Department. The device started to spark and ...

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.