Remember back when we thought 2022 would have to be a better year than 2021? We were so young and naive then, cadets ... let's dive straight into the black hole that is most of this week's tech news!

https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/25/apple-pay-unavailable-in-russia-after-us-and-eu-imposed-sanctionshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/25/ukrainian-leader-urges-tim-cook-to-block-russia-from-app-storehttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/26/facebook-twitter-restricted-in-russia-over-fact-checking-ad-blockshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/22/us-could-hit-russia-with-export-rule-that-killed-huawei-banning-us-techhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/25/tim-cook-tweets-apple-will-be-supporting-local-humanitarian-efforts-in-ukrainehttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/24/ukrainian-setapp-developer-says-its-software-will-still-work-during-russian-invasionhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/24/apple-opened-its-first-corporate-office-in-russia-in-early-februaryhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/25/surveillance-firm-says-apple-is-phenomenal-for-law-enforcementhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/23/heres-how-the-five-hour-amsterdam-apple-store-standoff-played-outhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/23/apple-considers-dropping-face-mask-mandate-for-apple-store-staffhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/21/airtag-clone-developed-by-researchers-works-around-apples-anti-stalking-measureshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/24/app-store-customers-double-subscription-payments-versus-google-play-usershttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/25/apples-iphone-continues-to-capture-the-most-revenue-over-all-its-competitorshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/24/apple-again-voted-most-relevant-brand-to-united-states-consumershttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/25/apple-expands-local-apple-news-to-toronto-montrealhttps://www.iphoneincanada.ca/tesla/tesla-shop-location-in-victoria-bc/https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/24/halide-27-adds-new-batch-actions-feature-for-improved-image-managementhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/23/1password-adds-phantom-cryptocurrency-wallet-supporthttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/25/ted-lasso-is-having-a-transformative-impact-on-londons-tourist-tradehttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/22/apple-tv-servant-copyright-suit-will-be-heardhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/24/apple-unveils-trailer-for-international-pachinko-dramahttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/23/eu-chief-says-apple-big-tech-firms-tempted-to-pay-fines-ignore-lawshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/24/leaked-plan-shows-intel-will-try-to-be-more-efficient-than-m1-max-by-late-2023https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/22/microsoft-edge-poised-to-overtake-safari-as-second-biggest-desktop-browserhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/24/alleged-melbourne-apple-hack-opinion-piecehttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/25/gamesir-x2-review-a-fantastic-controller-designed-with-the-mobile-gamer-in-mindhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/20/02/24/remembering-steve-jobs-on-what-would-be-his-65th-birthday