--- title: Best TechCrunch posts — October 2021 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted TechCrunch posts from October 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/tc/best-of/2021/10 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/tc/best-of/2021/10 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best TechCrunch posts — October 2021 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted TechCrunch posts from October 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of TechCrunch — October 2021 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-changes-its-corporate-branding-to-meta-techcrunch-xcx44oosy "Facebook changes its corporate branding to Meta – TechCrunch") Article TechCrunch · 5y Facebook changes its corporate branding to Meta – TechCrunch After 17 years of being called Facebook, the social networking parent company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus has a new name. Facebook’s corporate entity is now Meta. Facebook had been laying the groundwork for this change for months, seemingly in an effort to move its core branding further from the negative headlines surrounding its most popular product. 93 6 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/hacker-leaks-twitch-source-code-and-creator-payout-data-techcrunch-azc8nt-mb "Hacker leaks Twitch source code and creator payout data – TechCrunch") Article TechCrunch · 5y Hacker leaks Twitch source code and creator payout data – TechCrunch Leaker claims to have taken Twitch source code, creator payouts and other data. Twitch confirmed the breach in a tweet on Wednesday. The data contains payouts for each Twitch user, some of which reach into the six-figures. The leak could also represent a security risk, since it now allows practically anyone to search for security vulnerabilities. 40 2 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/apple-14-inch-macbook-pro-2021-review-techcrunch-snehpjvzm "Apple 14-inch MacBook Pro (2021) review – TechCrunch") Article TechCrunch · 5y Apple 14-inch MacBook Pro (2021) review – TechCrunch MagSafe is back on the 2021 MacBook Pro. The connector is, happily, back — in improved form. It’s joined by an SD card slot, HDMI port and a row of function keys. There are three USB-C ports on-board — down from four on 13-inch. 15 1 [See all TechCrunch archives](/sources/tc/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc/best-of/2021/10#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc/best-of/2021/10","name":"Best TechCrunch Posts — October 2021","description":"The most upvoted TechCrunch posts from October 2021, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc/best-of/2021/10#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-changes-its-corporate-branding-to-meta-techcrunch-xcx44oosy","name":"Facebook changes its corporate branding to Meta – TechCrunch"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hacker-leaks-twitch-source-code-and-creator-payout-data-techcrunch-azc8nt-mb","name":"Hacker leaks Twitch source code and creator payout data – TechCrunch"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/apple-14-inch-macbook-pro-2021-review-techcrunch-snehpjvzm","name":"Apple 14-inch MacBook Pro (2021) review – TechCrunch"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"October 2021"}]}]} ```