After updating from 7.0.3 to 7.95.2 my remote stopped working too.
I use a USB Dongle (mceusb) and a MCE Remote profile for my Harmony 515.
No keypresses are recognized under 7.95.2 with "irw"
The mceusb Dongle worked fine with OpenElec and LibreElec for years.
Any ideas? Thanks.