chore(main): release 0.44.0

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:robot: I have created a release beep boop

0.44.0 (2024-06-18)

Features

• gengapic: Enable cloud.google.com/go/auth for most clients (#1535) (cd06f12)

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:robot: Created releases:

• v0.44.0 :sunflower: