Two students at Southington High School have been arrested after they set a laptop on fire in class last week as part of the so-called TikTok Chromebook challenge, police said. A staff member threw ...

A 15-year-old student is facing charges after a laptop caught fire outside a classroom in what police suspect was part of a social media challenge trending on TikTok.

What began as a viral TikTok trend has escalated into school evacuations, hospital visits, and arrests across multiple states, as students continue to ignite their laptops in the name of internet fame ...

The challenge involves sticking a piece of metal like a paperclip, graphite or push pin in the USB port of their school ...

The “Chromebook challenge” involves using objects such as push pins, staples, paper clips, metallic gum wrappers and graphite, found in pencil lead. They are inserted into USB or charging ports, under ...