I must have missed it in the article but a hardware peripheral for interfacing with IR remotes is common in microcontrollers and can be very versatile with the right configuration. It's often used for driving addressable RGB LEDs, for example.
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You won't find a relevant textbook in use in major universities that doesn't support this definition, perhaps even explicitly. It would be a brave politician to openly object to this concept.
What is said in private may be different, but publicly this definition has the consensus in the modern West.
The greenies won't care to admit it but Bitcoin has finally provided the motivation to pursue cheap, efficient, reliable renewable energy where all they've ever had to offer was financially-punishing "save the planet" vibes.
Depending on the source, 50% (+-20%) of crypto mining is already powered renewably.