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That just changed, at least for Steam users. Twin patches were released for Valheim today containing a handful of bug fixes and tweaks, and one big change to achievements.

"The fixes include a function to let you opt into using achievements even though you have been blocked from doing so because of previous usage of devcommands," developer Iron Gate says. "We will leave it to your own judgement whether or not to activate this function–Oden will surely know if you use it dishonourably."

This new command is just for players on Steam, and it rolls right off the tongue:

"Achievements can now be opted into even if you have used devcommands or mods by the new devcommand 'yesiuseddevcommandsbutiwantmyachievementsanyway'."

If you're new to using cheats in Valheim, by the way, we've got you covered with our Valheim console commands guide, which we updated for 1.0 so you can spawn new Deep North materials, weapons, foods, and items. And now you can use them while still earning achievements, even if it means Oden will be disappointed in you. Nice!

Also in the patch, you can now repair your Deep North armor, which is good news, and you can no longer punch snow to remove it, which is bad news, because punching things should always solve problems in survival games (now you'll need to craft a shovel instead).

Amusingly, players discovered a couple of days ago that Valheim's new timberwood drawbridges were too narrow to fit a cart across—kind of an important feature for a bridge—but the devs promised a quick fix, and that's included in today's patch as well.

Here's the dual patch notes:

Patch 1.0.10 – All Platforms

• The heavy armour in Deep North can now be repaired
• Greydwarf Shamans in Deep North now deal appropriate amounts of damage and healing
• Punching no longer removes snow
• Landing on snow without directly walking now removes the snow
• Various sound effects updated for several creatures and the snow in Deep North

Patch 1.0.12 – Steam Only

• The following fixes are fully crossplay compatible and will be extended to all platforms in an upcoming hotfix, which we're pushing out as soon as possible.
• Using the Forge of Potential no longer unlocks recipes that should not be unlocked
• Items on armour stands and item stands no longer lose their durability & upgrade level IF the world has not yet been loaded in the 1.0 update (We are however looking into a better fix for this so do not remove high level items (fish, weapons, armour, etc) from your item stands without using backups if you have been playing 1.0!)
• Fixed a crash that could trigger when players tried to access a zone that wasn’t loaded
• Fixed a problem with banlist and whitelist that made them only compatible with new IDs (e.g. V_123456789) even though they should work with old IDs too (e.g. Steam_123456789)
• There is now a popup message to make it more clear when you can receive achievements again after them being temporarily disabled
• Achievements can be now be opted into even if you have used devcommands or mods by the new devcommand 'yesiuseddevcommandsbutiwantmyachievementsanyway'
• It’s now easier to fit the Cart through the Timberwood Drawbridge
• Jotun Puffs and Magecaps no longer look pickable when they have been picked

Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own. %!s()

The crew sent down a raft and survival equipment and authorities coordinated with a “nearby good Samaritan vessel”, the Northwest Explorer, to rescue the teen, who had symptoms of hypothermia after the time he spent in the icy water.

“Our hearts go out to the families, friends and communities affected by the tragic loss of these two mariners,” R Adm Bob Little, commander of the Arctic district, said in a statement. “We are grateful for the incredible efforts of the motor vessel Northwest Explorer; federal, state, village first responders; and mission partners who assisted in the effort that resulted in a life saved.”

Footage of the rescue showed the teen kneeling on the overturned vessel as it swayed in the water before rescuers pulled him toward their ship and helped him onboard.

Darren Toolie-Noongwook, a brother of the survivor, whom he identified as Parker, and one of the deceased, told NBC News that his family works in commercial fishing and often spends long periods of time on the water. Toolie-Noongwook said that his brother had said the boat’s motor got caught in a fishing line and the group couldn’t untangle it. Later the boat flipped in bad weather, and only the teen survivor and his cousin managed to climb to the top of the vessel.

Toolie-Noongwook said his brother told him that his cousin eventually began to panic and jumped from the boat, swimming only a few feet before he drowned. Parker was left alone and spent the time before he was rescued praying, his brother said.

“He said he believed he was going to make it. He believed that he was gonna be found and he was gonna be safe, and it happened,” Toolie-Noongwook said.

The bodies of the two victims were recovered, according to the coast guard. %!s()

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would have allowed adults with fewer than six months to live to apply to be given help to end their own life, subject to certain safeguards.

A similar bill in the last parliamentary session was supported by MPs before stalling in the House of Lords. The decision from MPs on Friday rules out the prospect of changes to the law on assisted dying in the short-term.

The bill tabled by Labour MP Lauren Edwards will make no further progress, although MPs and peers could make another attempt in the next parliamentary session.

Assisted dying is an issue that has been debated for hundreds of hours in Parliament over the last two years and would have represented one of the biggest societal changes in recent years if it had been approved.

MPs were given a free vote, meaning they did not vote on party lines.

Safeguards within the bill included a requirement that a person applying for an assisted death had the approval of two doctors and an expert panel.

But critics said it included too few measures to protect vulnerable people from being coerced into ending their lives, while some say improving palliative care should be the priority.

Edwards, the Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, said: "Parliament has dropped the ball today.

"It will be picked up again as it must be, because the law as it stands is simply too cruel and too unjust to be allowed to stand."

Those in favour of a change in the law have said they would try to bring forward legislation again, with Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP who introduced the original bill, telling the BBC another attempt could come as soon as next year.

Labour MPs Ashley Dalton, Dame Meg Hillier and Jess Asato, who all opposed what they described the "unsafe and unworkable" bill, welcomed MPs' decision.

In a joint statement, they said: "This is not a moment for celebration, we understand the deep concerns of so many people across the country who have campaigned hard for a change in the law.

"But the truth is none of the relevant royal medical colleges, professional groups or experts will attest to the safety or workability of this bill."

They said there is a need to "fix our NHS and sort out social and palliative care before we even consider introducing assisted dying".

Sarah Wootton, chief executive of Dignity in Dying, said "thousands of terminally ill people will continue to suffer against their wishes in their last days and weeks".

She added she still believes "law change is inevitable".

Care Not Killing chief executive Gordon Macdonald described the vote as "decisive".

He said: "Our hope is that MPs now focus on repairing palliative care in the UK and securing the necessary funding to make sure that no matter what part of the country you live in, you can access the best possible care available and are treated with dignity and respect."

The bill in the last parliamentary session, brought forward by Leadbeater, cleared the House of Commons on 20 June 2025 with a majority of 23.

But it ran out of time to progress through all the necessary stages in Parliament after some peers in the House of Lords tabled more than 1,200 amendments.

Edwards brought forward the proposals again in a bid to ensure peers could "finish their job", although this will no longer take place.

During the debate, Labour MP Janet Daby was among those to confirm she would vote against the bill despite previously supporting it.

She told the Commons she had "nightmares about dying and death" after voting in favour of the last bill, adding: "I had to wrestle with myself, knowing that I was not entirely comfortable with the decision I had made, and my conscience was not at peace, and I cannot again, in good conscience, vote for the bill." %!s()

But now, 25 years on from the 11 September 2001 attacks, there is a new generation, too young to remember the day that permanently altered much of American life.

Members of Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, were told - well after the fact - about the event that undoubtedly reshaped their futures.

They carry distinct memories not from the day itself, but from the moment years later that they learned about the attacks.

'Hard to explain what a terrorist is to a child'

Avery Black, 20, a journalism student at the University of South Carolina, remembers hearing about 9/11 for the first time in elementary school, then going home and asking her mother about it, she told the BBC.

"She just started telling me where she was the day it happened, and just broke down in tears, explaining to me about all the firefighters that went in and never came out," Black recalled.

As a child, Black didn't quite grasp the day's gravity, but for her, certain details still stand out.

She remembers, most distinctly, the "falling man" – a famous image of a man plummeting, upside down, from the North Tower. A Dallas, Texas native, she also recalls teachers showing the video of then-President George W. Bush first learning about the attacks at an elementary school event.

For Annie Erickson, 26, who grew up in North Carolina, personal anecdotes, more than school or reports, created her first memories of 9/11.

"My mother grew up in New York City, so I remember my mom telling me about 9/11 and talking about how someone that lived in her building, who she was friends with, passed away in the towers," Erickson said.

She also was struck when learning about 9/11 at school that it was one of the few historical events teachers could personalise with their own memories.

Currently, there's no national requirement for US schools to teach students about the attacks, and the expectations vary widely by state. Twenty-five states require or expect public schools to teach the events of 9/11, while 13 make 9/11 instruction optional, according to a recent analysis by The Associated Press.

But not every state that requires it specifies a curriculum.

Allegra Tashjian, who grew up in Wisconsin, said her teacher explained in first or second grade that it was a very important, sombre day and asked if anyone knew why. After a student responded that it was the day planes hit the towers in New York, Tashjian wondered why she had never heard of it before.

Later, at home, she recalls finding her mom folding laundry and asking if she remembered planes crashing in New York. "I remember she kind of paused folding her laundry and was like, 'um no, I don't think I've ever heard anything about that,'" the now-28-year-old PhD student said.

"For whatever reason at that point, I guess she really didn't want to talk about it."

Tashjian, Erickson, Black and several other Gen Zs all told the BBC that they remember hearing a few details about the attacks in school and from their families, but only through their own research did they learn in depth what actually happened that day.

"I really understood the gravity of it more from reading things on the internet when I was probably between like nine and 12", Tashjian said.

Black didn't realise at first that it was a terrorist attack at all. "That was the part that I wasn't really taught until I did my own research. It's really hard to explain what a terrorist is to a child."

Professor David Schanzer, who teaches "9/11 & Its Aftermath" at Duke University, wrote this week in a campus magazine commentary that there's still strong interest generations later. His course is full, with dozens on a waitlist.

"Ten years ago, I thought student interest was ebbing and I would need to find something else to teach about," he said.

But current world events, he said, only made young people more curious about what happened 25 years ago on 9/11.

"If you want to understand what has gone wrong over the past couple of decades it makes sense to learn about 9/11, the first global catastrophe of the 21st century (the others being the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic)," he wrote.

Different generation, different approach

Several Gen Zs told the BBC that, despite gaining knowledge about the tragicday, it is still common among peers to actively lighten conversations about 9/11.

Thomas Schwartz, a professor of history and political science at Vanderbilt University, said in a recent class discussion, his seniors - born in 2004 or 2005 - remarked on their generation's tendency to "deflect and joke about 9/11".

He added that "students from the Northeast, who had parents with personal memories of 9/11, were more careful about this, remarking on the sensitivities in their family about the subject."

Erickson said many Gen Zs tend to downplay monumental events or tragedies because either they "can't fully understand their impact" or they're using humour as a coping mechanism "to not have to think too deeply about some of the larger anxieties in our world".

Even now as an adult, Tashjian said it's still difficult for her to fathom large numbers of people dying in any event, and she still gravitates toward individual anecdotes to help her understand 9/11's toll.

Schanzer contends that learning about 9/11 and understanding its impact remains crucial for younger generations without first-hand knowledge.

"But like most significant historical events, one can't fully understand our world today unless you understand why 9/11 occurred and how the United States responded to it," he said. %!s()

"Musk" is almost four hours long and premiered at the Venice International Film Festival earlier last Tuesday. It's also slated for a theatrical release in the U.S. on October 16, and will begin streaming on HBO next year. Elon reportedly has yet to actually see the documentary, but his attorney has already sent production an angry letter. From the Hollywood Reporter:

The letter — confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter — focuses on what Spiro says is an insinuation in the film that Musk used his Starlink satellites to somehow influence the 2024 presidential election to boost Donald Trump.

"You are on notice, before release, that the insinuation is false, that the material refuting it is public, and that you chose not to be told the rest," Spiro wrote Jigsaw Productions on Sept. 3.

Musk's former partner Ashley St. Clair claims in the film that Musk told her before the election that he was going to "unleash the anomaly in the matrix," and that he has "10,000 lasers in space."

Spiro notes that "Starlink was not connected to vote tabulation. Election officials in multiple states, independent cybersecurity researchers, and fact-checkers publicly refuted the Starlink vote-rigging claim in November 2024, and nothing since has revived it." The attorney added, "Defamation does not require an express accusation."

The letter ends with the statement, "We therefore have no choice but to put you on formal legal notice regarding your upcoming 'piece' and to reserve all rights. Our door is open if you decide to check your facts with the people who know them. If not, we will proceed accordingly."

Sounding the warning bell

Elon has, of course, been tweeting through it. Oh, and while you're over there, take a few minutes to catch up on his more recent Twitter activity. We all know he's a Republican, but unless you actively monitor his posts, you probably aren't prepared for just how vile some of this stuff actually is. So it isn't terribly surprising that an objective look into Elon's life would be less than flattering. The damaging information is out there, publicly! Or, at least, information that should be damaging.

The filmmaker isn't backing down, though, in part because we aren't talking about some random guy making his first documentary. "Musk" comes from Alex Gibney, the same guy behind "Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room," "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief," and "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley." Elon may have a lot of money, but Gibney took on Scientology and came out just fine. He can probably handle a clammy billionaire whose children have disowned him. 

In his production company's response to Musk's legal threat, Gibney didn't miss the chance to emphasize Musk's hypocrisy either:

Alex Gibney's films are consistently recognized for their in-depth, fact-driven explorations of influential figures and corporations, coupled with his bold and engaging directorial style. This approach has garnered him international praise, an Academy Award among other accolades, and a reputation that The Times of London recently lauded as the 'gold standard for fearless journalistic integrity.' The right to engage in open debate and fact-based examinations of powerful public figures is protected by the first amendment — something that should be recognized and defended by all Americans, including the associates of Elon Musk, who has proclaimed himself to be a 'free speech absolutist.'

Gibney reportedly tried to get Musk to participate in the documentary, which he's been working on since 2022, but Musk refused, saying in 2023 it would be a "hit piece." That said, Gibney doesn't deny the documentary makes Musk look bad. He just insists that's the truth, telling the Hollywood Reporter, "People assume because he's very rich that he's not crazy. But the terrifying thing might be that he's crazy and he's very rich and powerful. That's the warning bell the film sounds." %!s()