At least two school districts in the San Francisco Bay Area have issuing warnings to parents about a viral social media trend in which students are damaging their school-issued Chromebook computers.
The trend, known as the “Chromebook Challenge” on TikTok, involves teens jamming small objects, such as paper clips and pencils, into the USB ports of the laptops.
In some cases, the laptops short-circuit, causing sparks and even fires…