Students are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks by inserting metal objects like paper clips, pencils, and even ...

A new trend among young students circulating on TikTok is prompting warnings from local fire officials and school districts ...

School districts throughout the country are warning students against attempting a dangerous TikTok trend that could cause injury and damage.

TikTok has taken steps to mitigate the challenge by suppressing videos tagged with #ChromebookChallenge or “Chromebook challenge.” Searches for these terms now yield a safety warning ...

A new social media trend called the “Chromebook Challenge” is raising alarms in schools across the country. That includes right here in the Capital Region. This disturbing TikTok craze has ...

A new viral TikTok trend began earlier this week when a user shared a video in which they use paper clips or mechanical pencils and stick the lead into the USB port of a Chromebook, which causes ...

I asked Barber if there wasn’t some Streisand Effect happening, since his warning had certainly made me more interested in doing the Chromebook Challenge. He laughed. “It’s been out there ...