Internet tabs sharing across devices

Hello,
Two of the machines in our office have recently started sending Chrome and Safari tabs to each other every time a page is opened. If someone opens a page, an Icon pops up on the other computer's dock like this:
When selecting this icon, the webpage then opens up on the other computer. We've been looking everywhere but can't find what this feature is called and how to turn it off. Could anyone who recognises this let us know?
Thanks very much
Owen

In the General pane of System Preferences, uncheck the box marked
          Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices

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