build(web): upgrade minor NPM dependencies, and React to v18 (#1421)

upgrades outdate npm dependencies to latest minor versions compatible
with each other, in prep for larger upgrades to bring up to date.

of note, React 17->18 drops the react-dom library and required some
mechanical changes due to apollo client errors no longer being
renderable.

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screenshot to show application still running after upgrades

![Screenshot 2025-05-14 at 10 00
27 PM](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/82257a5f-aefb-4fdb-8bc8-a5da12eceaaa)