DENVER (KDVR) — School district officials are warning students against a social media trend directing them to short-circuit their school-issued laptops after multiple fires were reported in recent ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE – A dangerous social media challenge in which laptops are intentionally short circuited sent two students and a staff member at a Providence middle school to hospitals on Monday, officials ...

The San Diego Unified School District is joining a growing chorus of warnings about a TikTok trend that encourages students to set their laptops on fire. The trend known as the "Chromebook Challenge" ...

Some Wake County students are participating in a social media trend to intentionally damage their school-issued Chromebooks. The school system sent a message to families Thursday making them aware of ...

Massachusetts fire officials issued a warning about a social media trend that is sparking concern. The trend suggests inserting a paper clip, pencil lead, or other conductive object into a laptop ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students deliberately short-circuiting school laptops as part of social media trend DENVER (KDVR) — School district officials are ...

The Boulder Valley School District reported that at least six fires have started after students short-circuited their school-provided Chromebooks as part of a social media trend. The Boulder Valley ...