chore(deps): add playwright-core as a dev dependency

[brandyscarney]

This updates the package-lock file to match the structure next uses so we won't have a mismatch with errors on each branch. It installs playwright-core as a dev dependency to align with next.

How to test this:

1. Switch to this branch chore/deps-playwright
2. Remove node_modules: rm -rf node_modules
3. Run npx lerna@5 bootstrap --include-dependencies --scope @ionic/core --ignore-scripts -- --legacy-peer-deps && npm run build
4. ✅ Verify: build is successful
5. Run git revert 76cf4bda6a
6. Run npx lerna@5 bootstrap --include-dependencies --scope @ionic/core --ignore-scripts -- --legacy-peer-deps && npm run build
7. 🛑 Verify: the following error occurs:

   [ ERROR ]  TypeScript: node_modules/@axe-core/playwright/dist/index.d.ts:2:22
             Cannot find module 'playwright-core' or its corresponding
             type declarations.
   
         L1:  import { SerialFrameSelector, RunOptions, AxeResults } from 'axe-core';
         L2:  import { Page } from 'playwright-core';
   
   [00:58.9]  build failed in 6.36 s

⚠️ Please do not push the reverted commit, it is just to show that the new dev dependency is required.

This shows that without playwright-core installed the lerna command in the release process will fail.

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