When you ask what time it is, the answer ultimately comes from an atomic clock that uses quantum state selection. You could argue that any sort of fluorescent lamp or LED is quantum-driven, based on bandgap thresholds or ionization of gas. Same for anything involving solar PV electricity generation.

The example the author gives, transistors that somehow rely on quantum tunneling to produce gain, is not a good example at all. In fact it's downright wrong. The essay could have been titled "I don't understand transistors."