School officials are warning parents about a potentially dangerous TikTok trend that could harm students and their school-issued Chromebooks.

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

Students are filming themselves inserting items into the charging ports of their school Chromebooks in order to spark a fire.

A Wallingford high school student is facing charges after police say they attempted a TikTok challenge that resulted in a laptop sparking and smoking in class. Police ...

Stream Connecticut News for free ... by both my director of security and high school principal that we had a Chromebook that was smoking,” Dr. Maureen Brummett, superintendent of Newington ...

This is at least the fifth incident in Connecticut where a student attempted ... encourages students to insert a metallic device into a Chromebook, which can cause them to catch on fire and ...

A TikTok trend challenging students to insert objects into laptops has school districts and fire departments sounding the ...

A new and concerning trend is gaining traction on TikTok, and it’s led to the evacuations of some schools across Connecticut ... principal that we had a Chromebook that was smoking,” Dr ...

Per reports from school districts and videos that Ars Technica has reviewed online, the so-called Chromebook Challenge ...

Students in Connecticut mimicking trending TikTok videos continue to set their laptops on fire in class, with one of the most recent cases happening Thursday at the Middle School of Plainville ...

A Connecticut middle school student was hospitalized ... which was forced to be evacuated after a Chromebook caught fire in a classroom. The crew was able to douse the laptop blaze, but ...