[build] Prepare for release of Selenium 4.40 (#16931)

* update pinned browser versions * update devtools versions * update selenium manager versions * update maven dependency versions * update authors file * bump versions in preparation for release * changelogs updated --------- Co-authored-by: Selenium CI Bot <selenium-ci@users.noreply.github.com>

Selenium CI Bot committed on Jan 18, 2026, 10:11 PM

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