Upgrade Kubernetes to v1.31.3

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What this PR does / why we need it:

• Kubernetes upgrade to v1.31.3
• Minikube upgrade to v1.34.0 in CI
• Remove deprecated grpc.Dial and replace it with grpc.NewClient

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Fixes #2457

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• Docs included if any changes are user facing

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What this PR does / why we need it:

• Kubernetes upgrade to v1.31.3
• Minikube upgrade to v1.34.0 in CI

Which issue(s) this PR fixes (optional, in fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...) format, will close the issue(s) when PR gets merged):
Fixes #2457

Checklist:

• Docs included if any changes are user facing

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Error in CI: https://github.com/kubeflow/katib/actions/runs/12722327561/job/35466233718?pr=2478

Error: pkg/common/v1beta1/katib_manager_util.go:49:15: SA1019: grpc.Dial is deprecated: use NewClient instead.  Will be supported throughout 1.x. (staticcheck)
	conn, err := grpc.Dial(addr, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
	             ^
Error: cmd/metricscollector/v1beta1/file-metricscollector/main.go:314:17: SA1019: grpc.Dial is deprecated: use NewClient instead.  Will be supported throughout 1.x. (staticcheck)
			conn, err := grpc.Dial(*earlyStopServiceAddr, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
			             ^
Error: cmd/metricscollector/v1beta1/file-metricscollector/main.go:436:15: SA1019: grpc.Dial is deprecated: use NewClient instead.  Will be supported throughout 1.x. (staticcheck)
	conn, err := grpc.Dial(*dbManagerServiceAddr, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
	             ^
make: *** [Makefile:38: lint] Error 1
Error: Process completed with exit code 2.

We also need to re-implement grpc-related logic.

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PTAL if you have time👀 @kubeflow/wg-automl-leads @helenxie-bit @tariq-hasan

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Thank you for this update @Electronic-Waste!
/lgtm
/assign @kubeflow/wg-training-leads

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We are going to update klog to v2 in PR: #2470

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I've fixed the comments you raised. PTAL👀 if you are available. Thanks!

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/rerun-all

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/rerun-all

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Thanks!
/lgtm
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