docs(release): third v1.7.109 bullet (Pine voice assistant) + version-bump prep

The release gate requires ≥3 curated changelog bullets; the Pine app is
user-facing and deserved one anyway. Carries the version bumps and manifest
from the aborted cut so the tree is clean for the re-run.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

neode-ui/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "neode-ui",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.7.108-alpha",
+  "version": "1.7.109-alpha",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "./start-dev.sh",